Definición de cure

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure

(kjʊəʳ )

Formas de la palabra:plural, 3rd person singular present tense cures , present participle curing , past tense, past participle cured

1. verbo

If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.

An operation finally cured his shin injury. [VERB noun]

Her cancer can only be controlled, not cured. [be VERB-ed]

Sinónimos:make better, correct, heal, relieve Más sinónimos de cure

2. verbo

If doctors or medical treatments cure a person, they make the person well again after an illness or injury.

MDT is an effective treatment and could cure all the leprosy sufferers worldwide. [VERB noun]

Almost overnight I was cured. [be VERB-ed]

Now doctors believe they have cured him of the disease. [VERB noun + of]

Sinónimos:restore to health, restore, heal Más sinónimos de cure

3. sustantivo contable

A cure for an illness is a medicine or other treatment that cures the illness.

There is still no cure for a cold.

Atkinson has been told rest is the only cure for his ankle injury. [+ for]

Sinónimos:remedy, treatment, medicine, healing Más sinónimos de cure

4. verbo

If someone or something cures a problem, they bring it to an end.

Private firms are willing to make large-scale investments to help cure Russia's economic troubles. [VERB noun]

We need to cure our environmental problems. [VERB noun]

Sinónimos:rectify, improve, fix, remedy Más sinónimos de cure

5. sustantivo contable

A cure for a problem is something that will bring it to an end.

Punishment can never be an effective cure for acute social problems.

The magic cure for inflation does not exist. [+ for]

6. verbo

If an action or event cures someone of a habit or an attitude, it makes them stop having it.

The experience was a detestable ordeal, and it cured him of any ambitions to direct again. [VERB noun + of]

He went to a clinic to cure his drinking and overeating. [VERB noun]

7. verbo [usually passive]

When food, tobacco, or animal skin is cured, it is dried, smoked, or salted so that it will last for a long time.

Legs of pork were cured and smoked over the fire. [be VERB-ed]

...sliced cured ham. [VERB-ed]

Sinónimos:preserve, smoke, dry, salt Más sinónimos de cure

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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure in American

(kjʊr ; kyoor)

sustantivo

a healing or being healed; restoration to health or a sound condition

a medicine or treatment for restoring health; remedy

a system, method, or course of treating a disease, ailment, etc.

spiritual charge of persons in a particular district; care of souls

the work or position of a curate; curacy

a process for curing meat, fish, tobacco, etc.

verbo transitivoFormas de la palabra:cured or ˈcuring

to restore to health or a sound condition; make well; heal

to get rid of or counteract (an ailment, evil, bad habit, etc.)

to get rid of a harmful or undesirable condition in

(with of)

cured him of lying

10.

to preserve (meat, fish, etc.), as by salting or smoking

to process (tobacco, leather, etc.), as by drying or aging

11.

to encourage the proper hardening of (concrete or mortar) by regulating humidity and temperature

verbo intransitivo

12.

to bring about a cure

13.

to undergo curing, preserving, or processing

tobacco cures in the sun

SYNONYMY NOTE: cure, heal both imply a restoring to health or soundness, , cure specifically suggesting the elimination of disease, distress, evil, etc., and , heal, the making or becoming whole of a wound, sore, etc. or, figuratively, the mending of a breach; , remedy stresses the use of medication or a specific corrective treatment in relieving disease, injury, distress, etc.

Formas derivadas

cureless (ˈcureless)

adjetivo

curer (ˈcurer)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra cure

OFr < L cura, care, concern, trouble < OL *coira < IE base *kois-, be concerned

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

curé in American

(kjuˈreɪ ; kyo̅orāˈ; ˈkjʊrˌeɪ ; kyoorˈāˌ; French kyˈʀeɪ; kürāˈ)

sustantivo

in France, a parish priest

Origen de la palabra cure

Fr < ML curatus: see curate

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure in British

(kjʊə )

verbo

1. (transitive)

to get rid of (an ailment, fault, or problem); heal

2. (transitive)

to restore to health or good condition

3. (intransitive)

to bring about a cure

4. (transitive)

to preserve (meat, fish, etc) by salting, smoking, etc

5. (transitive)

to treat or finish (a substance) by chemical or physical means

to vulcanize (rubber)

to allow (a polymer) to set often using heat or pressure

6. (transitive)

to assist the hardening of (concrete, mortar, etc) by keeping it moist

sustantivo

a return to health, esp after specific treatment

any course of medical therapy, esp one proved effective in combating a disease

a means of restoring health or improving a condition, situation, etc

10.

the spiritual and pastoral charge of a parish

the cure of souls

11.

a process or method of preserving meat, fish, etc, by salting, pickling, or smoking

Formas derivadas

cureless (ˈcureless)

adjetivo

curer (ˈcurer)

sustantivo

Origen de la palabra cure

(n) C13: from Old French, from Latin cūra care; in ecclesiastical sense, from Medieval Latin cūra spiritual charge; (vb) C14: from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre to attend to, heal, from cūra care

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

curé in British

(ˈkjʊəreɪ )

sustantivo

a parish priest in France

Origen de la palabra cure

French, from Medieval Latin cūrātus; see curate1

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure in Chemical Engineering 1

(kyʊər)

Formas de la palabra:(present) cures, (past) cured, (perfect) cured, (progressive) curing

verbo

(Chemical Engineering: General)

When a polymer cures or you cure it, it sets, often with heat or pressure.

COLLOCATIONS:

~ a polymer

The most satisfactory way to cure polymers is by the application of heat, thus achieving optimum cross-linking.

The polymer filler is then partially cured by exposure to a radiant energy source.

When you cure a polymer, it sets, often with heat or pressure.

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure in Chemical Engineering 2

(kyʊər)

Formas de la palabra:(present) cures, (past) cured, (perfect) cured, (progressive) curing

verbo

(Chemical Engineering: General)

If you cure a substance, you treat or finish it chemically or physically.

The electron beam process is a suitable way to cure the product in this process because the electrons can penetrate the thick release film in order to reach the active ingredients in the coating being irradiated.

The textile industry is ready to adopt ionizing irradiation as a technique to finish and cure fabrics.

If you cure a substance, you treat or finish it chemically or physically.

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

cure in Chemical Engineering 3

(kyʊər)

Formas de la palabra:(present) cures, (past) cured, (perfect) cured, (progressive) curing

verbo

(Chemical Engineering: General)

If you cure rubber, you harden it by treating it with sulfur at a high temperature.

COLLOCATIONS:

~ rubber

The flooring material is made of natural or synthetic rubber that has been rolled and cured.

A small piece of sheet rubber was cured by treatment with hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide.

If you cure rubber, you harden it by treating it with sulfur at a high temperature.

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`This poor old French curé wasn't shot as an Uhlan in disguise but it was a close thing! NULL DARE CALL IT TREASON