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Meaning of CURED

Pronunciation:  ky'ûrd

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
  2. [adj]  (used especially of meat) cured in brine
  3. [adj]  (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
  4. [adj]  (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
  5. [adj]  (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
  6. [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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