cure

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

  • (UK) IPA (key): /kjʊə(r)/ or /kjɔː(r)/
  • (US) enPR: kyo͝or or kyûr, IPA (key): /kjʊr/ or /kjɝ/
  • (file)

Verb[change]

Plain form
cure

Third-person singular
cures

Past tense
cured

Past participle
cured

Present participle
curing

  1. (transitive) If you cure something that is wrong, you fix or solve it.
    Time and honest feedback usually cure the problem by teaching the poor leader a better way of achieving goals.
    The treatment mostly cured her of the cancer.
  2. If you cure a piece of meat, you preserve it by salting.

Noun[change]

Singular
cure

Plural
cures

  1. (countable) A cure is something that will fix something that is wrong.
    We still have no cure for the common cold.
    I think I have a cure for the problem.