cure

B2 · Upper Intermediate Cooking

v. to treat food, like meat or fish, with salt or smoke so it lasts a long time.

v. to preserve meat, fish, or vegetable matter by salting, smoking, or drying to prevent decomposition.

“Farmers used to cure ham in the winter to make it last all year.”

“The traditional method involves using a dry rub of salt and spices to cure the salmon before it is cold-smoked over oak chips.”

C1 · Advanced Engineering Technical

v. to let a material like glue, plastic, or concrete become hard and strong.

v. to allow a material to harden or toughen through a chemical process, often involving heat, pressure, or time.

“You need to let the concrete cure for several days before you build on it.”

“The epoxy resin requires at least twenty-four hours to cure fully at room temperature before the structural integrity can be tested.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Medicine

n. a medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away.

n. a substance, treatment, or regimen that restores health or ends a disease.

“Scientists are still searching for a cure for the common cold.”

“The discovery of a reliable cure for the virus transformed what was once a terminal diagnosis into a manageable condition.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun

n. a way to solve a difficult problem.

n. a solution or remedy for a problematic situation or social ill.

“Higher taxes are not always a cure for a country's economic problems.”

“The CEO proposed a complete restructuring as a cure for the company's declining productivity and low employee morale.”