Meaning & use
curing
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Treating or preserving food, tobacco, or materials through drying, salting, or smoking; also, restoring someone to health.
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The farmer spent weeks curing the ham in salt and smoke.
The new treatment is effective in curing the infection within days.
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Applies both to preserving food, as in 'curing meat', and to treating illness, two senses that share the underlying idea of restoring something to a stable, good condition.
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