to cure
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4.6
- verb
- /kjʊr/
:
curar
- The chef decided to cure the salmon by using a mix of salt and sugar.
- cure meat
- cure tobacco
- dark fire-cured tobacco
Examples
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The only thing that guy could cure is a ham.
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Hock Canfield had secret recipes for curing hams and making sausage that were legendary in these parts.
Fiction book (1992) -
I have no eggs to cure, none to give you.
Fiction book (1996) -
Let's cure it with vodka, let's cure it with beer, let's cure it with something.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Dayak tribe use it to cure arthritis.
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The compost is then left to cure for three weeks in a pole barn, shed, or outdoors.
Academic text (1997) -
You need to cure the meat by salting it properly to preserve its flavor.
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To prepare the ham, it is essential to cure it for several weeks in a salt brine.
Synonyms
65
3.2
To stop food from going bad so it lasts longer
31
1.0
To put small white crystals on food to make it taste better or last longer
8
9.0
To preserve meat by using salt
1
4.8
Remove almost all water from food to keep it for longer
1
7.0
To keep fish edible by splitting, salting, and smoking it
To keep meat or fish from spoiling by salting
To preserve food by adding salt so it lasts longer
Antonyms
Idioms
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
- Informal
An attempt to fix a problem that makes things worse than before
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
1
8.4
A period of bed rest to help someone recover from stress or nervous problems
How Preserved
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cure for preserving food comes from the Latin cura 'care', because people 'care for' meat by salting, smoking, or drying it so it keeps; so to cure food is to preserve it for later use.