cure
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Types & categories
- medication hypernym
- acoustic hyponym
- antidote hyponym
- emetic hyponym
- lenitive hyponym
- lotion hyponym
- magic bullet hyponym
- salve hyponym
- palliative hyponym
- nostrum hyponym
- prophylactic hyponym
Parts & wholes
- treatment part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide a cure for, make healthy again
The treatment cured the boy's acne
Types & categories
- aid hypernym
- recuperate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
cure meats
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- solidifying derivation
- cure verb group
Sense 4 verb
make (substances) hard and improve their usability
cure resin
Types & categories
- harden hypernym
Related & opposite
- curable derivation
Sense 5 verb
be or become preserved
the apricots cure in the sun
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- cure verb group
Table view of this graph
| 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 |