cure

verb

• 1relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition:he was cured of the disease
• eliminate (a disease or condition) with medical treatment:this technology could be used to cure diabetes
• solve (a problem):a bid to trace and cure the gearbox problems

• 2preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking: (as adjective, in combination -cured)home-cured ham
• harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization: the early synthetic rubbers were much more difficult to cure than natural rubber
• [no object] undergo hardening by a chemical process: the mastic takes days to cure

noun

• 1a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition:the search for a cure for the common cold
• [mass noun] restoration to health:he was beyond cure
• a solution to a problem:the cure is to improve the clutch operation

• 2 [mass noun] the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.

• 3 [mass noun] a Christian minister’s pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry:a benefice involving the cure of souls
• [count noun] a parish: he had been at this cure for four years