Unscramble cured

Definition of cured

adjective:

• freed from illness or injury; ; ; ; - Normon Cameron; "the patient appears cured", "the incision is healed", "appears to be entirely recovered", "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium". Synonyms: healed, recovered.
• (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity). Synonyms: vulcanised, vulcanized.
• (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening.
• (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry.
• (used especially of meat) cured in brine. Synonyms: corned.
• (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable). Synonyms: aged.

verb:

• provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne", "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to". Synonyms: bring around, cure, heal.
• prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats", "cure pickles", "cure hay". Synonyms: cure.
• make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin", "cure cement", "cure soap". Synonyms: cure.
• be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun". Synonyms: cure.

Related words

dun, recuperate.

Words nearby

cred, curd, cure, curet, curled, cursed, curved.

Rhymes with

assured, insured, inured, matured, reassured, uninsured, unsecured, unsecured.