This meaning refers to a medical treatment that permanently ends a disease or condition.
Scientists are searching for a cure for the disease.
There is currently no complete cure for the condition.
This figurative meaning refers to a method that removes or reduces a nonmedical problem.
Better education is not a complete cure for poverty.
There is no quick cure for the company's problems.
This meaning refers to preserving food or allowing a material to harden and become ready for use.
The meat is cured with salt and smoke.
The wood must cure before it is used.
