cures

Meaning of cures

verb, 3rd person present
  1. relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
    he was cured of the disease
  2. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking.
    home-cured ham
plural noun
  1. a substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition.
    the search for a cure for the common cold
  2. the process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
  3. a Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry.
    a benefice involving the cure of souls

Middle English (as a noun): from Old French curer (verb), cure (noun), both from Latin curare ‘take care of’, from cura ‘care’. The original noun senses were ‘care, concern, responsibility’, in particular spiritual care (hence cure (sense 3 of the noun)). In late Middle English the senses ‘medical care’ and ‘successful medical treatment’ arose, and hence ‘remedy’.

plural noun

a parish priest in a French-speaking country.

French, from medieval Latin curatus (see curate1).

Information about cures

Hyphenation of cures

cures

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cures is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cures synonyms

Meaning cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again:

heal

Meaning bring back or re-establish (a previous right, practice, or situation):

restore

Meaning restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness:

rehabilitate

Meaning make (something, especially the skin) thoroughly clean:

cleanse

Meaning treat (food) to prevent its decomposition:

preserve

Meaning cure or preserve (food, especially meat or fish) by exposure to smoke:

smoke

Meaning season or preserve with salt:

salt

Meaning preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from:

dry

Meaning cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke:

kipper

Meaning preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine:

pickle

Meaning a medicine or treatment for a disease or injury:

remedy

Meaning a curative medicine or agent:

curative

Meaning a drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease:

medicine

Meaning a drug or other form of medicine that is used to treat or prevent disease:

medication

Meaning a substance used for medical treatment:

medicament

Meaning a thing that restores health, strength, or well-being, especially a medicine or drink:

restorative

Meaning a thing intended to correct or counteract something else:

corrective

Meaning a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison:

antidote

Meaning a blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens, injected to treat or protect against specific diseases:

antiserum

Meaning treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder:

therapy

Meaning the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again:

healing

Meaning the action or process of making suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe:

alleviation

Meaning a scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement:

nostrum

Meaning a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases:

panacea

Meaning medicinal drugs:

physic

Meaning a medicine or remedy effective in treating a particular disease or part of the body:

specific

Anagrams of cures

crues, cruse, curse, ecrus, Sucre, sucre

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