cure

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
3. (figuratively) A solution to a problem.
4. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
5. Cured fish.
6. A process of solidification or gelling.
7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
8. (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
9. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
10. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

Verb

1. (transitive) To restore to health.
2. (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
3. (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
4. (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
5. To preserve (food), typically by salting.
6. (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
7. (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
8. (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
9. (intransitive, obsolete) To become healed.
10. (obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

Sinonieme

heal

remedy

treat

treatment

recover

healing

medicine

💊

therapy

care for

care

restore to health

make well

recuperate

repair

recovery

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

relieve

convalesce

pickle

correct

smoke

drug

💊

medication

become healthy

improve

cool

🆒

medical treatment

preserve

get well

remove

bring around

nurse

keep

salt

🧂

tan

attend to

restore

reform

build

aid

deal

reconcile

revive

medicinal drug

medicament

curative

medicate

allay

make good

better

Vertalings

guérir

curar

heilen

curare

cura

guarire

kurieren

soigner

curar

cura

genezen

sanar

genesen

rimedio

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kjʊə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cure

Geërf van Middle English: curen

In summary

From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but survived as heal.