Example: "The hardening of concrete"
To restore to health.
Example: "Unaided nature cured him."
To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
Example: "Unaided nature cured his ailments."
To cause to be rid of (a defect).
Example: "Experience will cure him of his naïveté."
To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
Example: "The smoke and heat cures the meat."
To bring about a cure of any kind.
To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
Example: "The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure."
To preserve (food), typically by salting
To solidify or gel.
Example: "The parts were curing in the autoclave."
To become healed.
To pay heed; to care; to give attention.