The Meaning of cure

• (n.) Care, heed, or attention.
• (n.) Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.
• (n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
• (n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
• (n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
• (v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.
• (v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
• (v. t.) To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.
• (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.
• (v. i.) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
• (v. i.) To restore health; to effect a cure.
• (v. i.) To become healed.
• (n.) A curate; a pardon.

Synonyms

remedy , curative , therapeutic , bring around , heal

Homophones

kure

Rhymes

allure , amanpour , assure , badour , baldur , beladur , bijur , bloor , bonjour , boor , brochure , buhr , contour , couture , demure , detour , duerr , dufour , endure , ensure , entrepreneur , epicure , fluhr , foor , fuhr , gilmour , gloor , gochnour , immature , impure , insure , inure , jabbour , jure , lacour , lancour , latour , lesure , lumpur , lure , manure , mature , miniature , moor , moore , muhr , muir , murre , obscure , observateur , pimplapure , premature , procure , pure , reassure , rednour , reinsure , ruhr , schnoor , secure , segur , spoor , stamour , stuhr , suhr , suhre , suire , sure , tour , ture , uhr , unsure , your