cured meaning and definition

CURED adjective

Definition of cured (adjective)

1. freed from illness or injury
   • "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
   • synonyms: healed, recovered
2. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
   • synonyms: vulcanised, vulcanized
3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
5. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
   • synonyms: corned
6. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
   • synonyms: aged