資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to
   cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See
   {Cure},.]
   1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
      make well; -- said of a patient.

            The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
                                                  xvii. 18.

   2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
      remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

            To cure this deadly grief.            --Shak.

            Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
            gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
                                                  1.

   3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
      from a bad habit.

            I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.

   4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
      preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
      fish; to cure hay.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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