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English noun: cure | |||
| 1. | cure (artifact) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | ||
| Synonyms | curative, remedy, therapeutic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acoustic, alleviant, alleviator, antidote, application, balm, catholicon, counterpoison, cure-all, emetic, lenitive, lotion, magic bullet, nauseant, nostrum, ointment, palliative, panacea, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, salve, unction, unguent, vomit, vomitive | ||
| Part meronym | intervention, treatment | ||
English verb: cure | |||
| 1. | cure (body) provide a cure for, make healthy again | ||
| Samples | The treatment cured the boy's acne. The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to. | ||
| Synonyms | bring around, heal | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aid, help | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | recuperate | ||
| Entail | care for, treat | ||
| Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||
| 2. | cure (change) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | ||
| Samples | Cure meats. Cure pickles. Cure hay. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | keep, preserve | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dun | ||
| Verb group | cure | ||
| 3. | cure (change) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | ||
| Samples | Cure resin. Cure cement. Cure soap. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harden, indurate | ||
| 4. | cure (change) be or become preserved | ||
| Samples | The apricots cure in the sun. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Verb group | cure | ||
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