cure

Universal Words verb, noun verb [VN] 1 ~ sb (of sth) to make a person or an animal healthy again after an illness: Will you be able to cure him, Doctor? 2 to make an illness go away: TB is a serious illness, but it can be cured. 3 to deal with a problem successfully: I finally managed to cure the rattling noise in my car. 4 ~ sb of sth to stop sb from behaving in a particular way, especially a way that is bad or annoying 5 to treat food or tobacco with smoke, salt, etc. in order to preserve it IDIOMS see KILLv. noun 1 ~ (for sth) a medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness: the search for a cure for cancer * There is no known cure but the illness can be treated. * The only real cure is rest. 2 the act of curing sb of an illness or the process of being cured: Doctors cannot effect a cure if the disease has spread too far. * The cure took six weeks. 3 ~ (for sth) something that will solve a problem, improve a bad situation, etc: a cure for poverty IDIOMS see PREVENTION