cure

cure1 [ kjur ] noun count **

1. ) a medicine or treatment that makes a sick person healthy:

Doctors say there are several possible cures.

cure for: There's no cure for diabetes but the symptoms can be managed.

2. ) a solution to a problem:

cure for: It's the only possible cure for our chronic trade deficit.

miracle cure (=an easy solution that works immediately): Tax cuts are not the miracle cure the Right seems to think.

cure

cure 2 [ kjur ] verb transitive *

1. ) to stop someone from being affected by an illness:

It might be several months before she's fully cured.

a ) to stop an illness from affecting someone:

Many formerly fatal diseases can now be cured.

2. ) to control or get rid of a bad habit, feeling, or attitude:

cure someone of something: Nothing seemed to cure him of his nervousness.

3. ) to solve a problem:

Better quality control might cure our production problems.

4. ) to preserve meat, fish, or other foods by drying them, or by using smoke or salt