Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To restore to health.

    Unaided nature cured him.

    kurieren, heilen

    лечи́тьlečítʹ, вы́лечитьvýlečitʹ, излечи́тьizlečítʹ

    лікува́тиlikuváty, виліко́вуватиvylikóvuvaty, ви́лікуватиvýlikuvaty

  2. (transitive)To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.

    Unaided nature cured his ailments.

    heilen

  3. (transitive)To cause to be rid of (a defect).

    Experience will cure him of his naïveté.

  4. (transitive)To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.

    The smoke and heat cures the meat.

    Spanish ham is air-cured.

    haltbar machen, einlegen, trocknen

    консерви́роватьkonservírovatʹ, законсерви́роватьzakonservírovatʹ, вя́литьvjálitʹ

    prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

  5. To preserve (food), typically by salting.

    pökeln, einpökeln, in Salz einlegen

  6. (intransitive)To bring about a cure of any kind.

  7. (intransitive)To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.

    The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure.

  8. (intransitive)To solidify or gel.

    The parts were curing in the autoclave.

    aushärten

  9. (intransitive, obsolete)To become healed.

    be or become preserved

  10. (obsolete)To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

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

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to restore to health:
Русский
By meaning 2
to restore to health:
to prepare for keeping or use:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to restore to health:
to prepare for keeping or use:
to preserve food, typically by salting:
to solidify or gel:

Origin

From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced O

From Middle English curen, from Old French curer, from Latin cūrāre. Partially displaced Old English ġehǣlan, whence Modern English heal.

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Forms

cures, curing, cured, cured
Base formcure · to cure
3rd person singularcures
Present participlecuring
Past simplecured
Past participlecured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycure
he, she, itcures

Past simpleLesson

all personscured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cured
he, she, ithas cured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cure

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • provide a cure for, make healthy again:bring aroundheal

Word family

21 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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