cure

I UK [kjʊə(r)] / US [kjʊr] noun [countable]
Word forms "cure":
singular cure plural cures
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1) a medicine or treatment that makes someone who is ill become healthy

Doctors say there are several possible cures for the disease.

cure for:

There's no cure for diabetes but the symptoms can be managed.

2) a solution to a problem

cure for:

It's the only possible cure for our chronic trade deficit.

miracle cure (= an easy solution that works immediately):

Tax cuts are not the miracle cure the Right seems to think.

II UK [kjʊə(r)] / US [kjʊr] verb [transitive]
Word forms "cure":
present tense I/you/we/they cure he/she/it cures present participle curing past tense cured past participle cured
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1)

a) to stop someone from being affected by an illness

It might be several months before she's fully cured.

b) to stop an illness from affecting someone

Many formerly fatal diseases can now be cured.

2) to control or get rid of a bad habit, feeling, or attitude

cure someone of something:

Nothing seemed to cure him of his nervousness.

3) to solve a problem

Better quality control might cure our production problems.

4) to preserve meat, fish, or other foods by drying them, or by using smoke or salt