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cure British & World English

relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition

curé British & World English

a parish priest in a French-speaking country

cure-all British & World English

a medicine or other remedy that will supposedly cure any ailment

dry-cure British & World English

cure (meat or fish) with salt rather than in liquid

flue-cure British & World English

cure (tobacco) using heat from pipes or flues connected to a furnace

rest cure British & World English

a period spent in inactivity or leisure with the intention of improving one’s physical or mental health

nature cure British & World English

another term for naturopathy.

water cure British & World English

a session of treatment by hydropathy

talking cure (also talking therapy) British & World English

a method of treating psychological disorders or emotional difficulties that involves talking to a therapist or counsellor, in either individual or group sessions

kill or cure in kill1 British & World English

(of a remedy for a problem) likely to either work well or fail catastrophically, with no possibility of partial success

prevention is better than cure or US an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in prevention British & World English

it’s easier to stop something happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has happened