Meaning

11 senses
  1. A method, device or medication that restores good health.

    Heilung

    лече́ниеlečénije, лека́рствоlekárstvo

  2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.

  3. (figuratively)A solution to a problem.

  4. A process of preservation, as by smoking.

    Pökelung

  5. Cured fish.

  6. A process of solidification or gelling.

  7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.

    вулканиза́цияvulkanizácija

  8. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.

  9. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

  10. (obsolete)Care, heed, or attention.

  11. (UK, obsolete, slang)An eccentric person.

More definitions
  • a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Examples

317 sentences
  1. No medicine can cure this disease.

    Жодні ліки не можуть вилікувати цю хворобу. — deniko

    ruОт этой болезни нет лекарства. — odexed

    deGegen diese Krankheit gibt es kein Medikament. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I hope they found a cure.

    Сподіваюся, вони знайшли ліки. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, они нашли лекарство. — odexed

    deIch hoffe, sie haben eine Heilung gefunden. — dasbeispielholz

  3. We're going to find a cure.

    Ми знайдемо ліки. — Ahha

    ruМы найдём лекарство. — odexed

    deWir werden ein Heilmittel entdecken. — Augustus

  4. I will cure him of the bad habit.

    Я вилікую його від поганої звички. — deniko

    ruЯ избавлю его от этой вредной привычки. — odexed

  5. Cancer can be cured if discovered in time.

    Рак може бути вилікуваний, якщо він був вчасно виявлений. — leyla

    ruРак может быть вылечен, если обнаружен вовремя. — timsa

    deKrebs kann geheilt werden, wenn er rechtzeitig entdeckt wird. — MUIRIEL

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
method, device or medication that restores good health:
process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure and/or weathering:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
method, device or medication that restores good health:
process of preservation:

Origin

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of sou

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but this survived as heal.

From curiosity.

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Forms

plural: cures
Singularcure
Pluralcures

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • find a cure
  • no cure for
  • there's no cure
  • no cure

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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