curing

curing
    n 1: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
         or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested
         the set of the glue" [syn: {hardening}, {solidifying},
         {solidification}, {set}, {curing}]
    

Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k[=u]rd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to
   cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See
   {Cure},.]
   1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
      make well; -- said of a patient.
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            The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
                                                  xvii. 18.
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   2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
      remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.
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            To cure this deadly grief.            --Shak.
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            Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
            gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
                                                  1.
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   3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
      from a bad habit.
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            I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.
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   4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
      preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
      fish; to cure hay.
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Curing \Cur"ing\ (k?r"?ng),
   p. a. & vb. n. of {Cure}.
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   {Curing house}, a building in which anything is cured;
      especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar
      is drained and dried.
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "curing":
      anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
      cure, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
      evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, healing, irradiation,
      jerking, marination, mummification, pickling, potting,
      quick-freezing, refrigeration, remedial, remedy, restorative,
      salting, sanative, sanatory, seasoning, smoking, stuffing,
      taxidermy, therapy, tinning, vulnerary, wholesome