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Meaning of cured

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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