cured
adjective
1. freed from illness or injury
- the patient appears cured
Similar word(s): well, healed, recovered
2. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
Similar word(s): processed, vulcanised, vulcanized
3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
Similar word(s): seasoned
4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
Similar word(s): preserved
5. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
Similar word(s): preserved, corned
6. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of cure