ENGLISH: cure - CREOLE: tretman



Overview of noun cure



The noun cure has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (8) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic -- (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)



Overview of verb cure



The verb cure has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (14) bring around, cure, heal -- (provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to")

2. (1) cure -- (prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay")

3. cure -- (make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap")

4. cure -- (be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun")

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