Definition of CURED

cured

Verb

  • 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
  • make (substances) hard and improve their usability
  • be or become preserved
  • simple past and past participle of cure

Adjective Satellite

  • freed from illness or injury; ; ; ; - Normon Cameron
    • "the patient appears cured"
  • (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
  • (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
  • (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
  • (used especially of meat) cured in brine
  • (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms

aged, bring around, corned, cure, heal, healed, recovered, vulcanised, vulcanized

Scrabble Score: 8

cured is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cured is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cured is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

cured is a valid Words With Friends word