■ verb
1》 make healthy again after suffering from a disease or medical condition.
↘end (a disease, condition, or problem) by treatment or remedial action.
2》 preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking.
3》 harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization.
■ noun
1》 a substance, treatment, or remedy that ~s a disease, condition, or problem.
↘restoration to health.
2》 the process of curing meat, fish, rubber, etc.
3》 a Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry.
↘a parish.
Derivatives
curability noun
curable adjective
~r noun
Origin
ME (in the senses 'care, concern, responsibility'): from OFr. ~r (v.), ~ (n.), both from L. curare 'take care of', from cura 'care'.