Meaning of CURED
Pronunciation: | | ky'ûrd
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- [adj] (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
- [adj] (used especially of meat) cured in brine
- [adj] (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
- [adj] (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
- [adj] (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
- [adj] freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
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| Synonyms: | | aged, corned, healed, preserved, processed, recovered, seasoned, vulcanised, vulcanized, well |
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