cure

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I - noun

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
remedy, curative, therapeutic
• Derivationally related forms:
remedial (for: remedy), remedy (for: remedy)
• Hypernyms:
medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, vomit,
vomitive, nauseant, lenitive, lotion, application, magic bullet,
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve, palliative,
alleviant, alleviator, panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all,
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
• Part Holonyms:
treatment, intervention

II - verb

1. provide a cure for, make healthy again (Freq. 12)
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
• Syn:
bring around, heal
• Derivationally related forms:
healer (for: heal), curable, curative
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
help, aid
• Hyponyms:
recuperate
• Entailment:
treat, care for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (Freq. 1)
- cure meats
- cure pickles
- cure hay
• Derivationally related forms:
curing
• Hypernyms:
preserve, keep
• Hyponyms:
dun
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- cure resin
- cure cement
- cure soap
• Derivationally related forms:
curable
• Hypernyms:
harden, indurate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. be or become preserved
- the apricots cure in the sun
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  remedy, curative, therapeutic, bring around, heal