Cured - Definition
cured
adj 1: freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears
cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely
recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember
what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron [syn:
cured, healed, recovered]
2: (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to
improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and
elasticity) [syn: cured, vulcanized, vulcanised]
3: (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the
hardening
4: (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
5: (used especially of meat) cured in brine [syn: corned,
cured]
6: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is
pronounced as one syllable) [syn: aged, cured]