Verb
1. provide a cure for, make healthy again;
"The treatment cured the boy's acne""The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"2. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve;
"cure meats""cure pickles"3. make (substances) hard and improve their usability;
"cure resin"4. be or become preserved;
"the apricots cure in the sun"