Definitions for cured

Definitions for (adj) cured

Main entry: aged, cured

Definition: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)


Main entry: cured, corned

Definition: (used especially of meat) cured in brine


Main entry: cured

Definition: (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry


Main entry: cured

Definition: (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening


Main entry: cured, vulcanised, vulcanized

Definition: (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)


Main entry: cured, healed, recovered

Definition: freed from illness or injury

Usage: 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


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