cured
v.v. to make someone healthy again after they have been sick. It can also mean to preserve food, like meat or fish, by using salt or smoke.
v. to restore a person to health or eliminate a disease; alternatively, to preserve meat, fish, or fruit by salting, drying, or smoking. Transitive — requires a direct object.
The doctor cured the patient with a new medicine.
Researchers hope that this new gene therapy will eventually be used to have cured thousands of people with rare genetic disorders.
Traditional methods of preserving pork involve meat that has been cured in salt for several weeks to prevent bacterial growth and enhance the final flavor profile.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. When referring to food preservation, it often appears in the passive voice or as a past participle acting as an adjective.
The medicine cured from his cold.The medicine cured his cold.Cure is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'from' before the illness or person being treated.