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cured

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cured in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    aged  cured 
  2. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
    corned  cured 
  3. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
    cured  vulcanized  vulcanised 
  4. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
    cured 
  5. 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
    cured  healed  recovered 
  6. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
    cured 
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