cure

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

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Senses

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

provide a cure for, make healthy again

The treatment cured the boy's acne

prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

cure meats

make (substances) hard and improve their usability

cure resin

be or become preserved

the apricots cure in the sun

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	cure
1	derivation	Related & opposite	remedy
1	derivation	Related & opposite	curative
1	part holonym	Parts & wholes	treatment
1	hypernym	Types & categories	medication
1	hyponym	Types & categories	acoustic
1	hyponym	Types & categories	antidote
1	hyponym	Types & categories	emetic
1	hyponym	Types & categories	lenitive
1	hyponym	Types & categories	lotion
1	hyponym	Types & categories	magic bullet
1	hyponym	Types & categories	salve
1	hyponym	Types & categories	palliative
1	hyponym	Types & categories	nostrum
1	hyponym	Types & categories	prophylactic
2	derivation	Related & opposite	curative
2	derivation	Related & opposite	therapist
2	derivation	Related & opposite	curable
2	derivation	Related & opposite	curative
2	domain topic	Related & opposite	practice of medicine
2	entails	Related & opposite	treat
2	hypernym	Types & categories	aid
2	hyponym	Types & categories	recuperate
3	derivation	Related & opposite	solidifying
3	verb group	Related & opposite	cure
3	hypernym	Types & categories	preserve
3	hyponym	Types & categories	dun
4	derivation	Related & opposite	curable
4	hypernym	Types & categories	harden
5	verb group	Related & opposite	cure
5	hypernym	Types & categories	change