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Adjective cured has 6 senses
- cured, healed, recovered - 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
Antonyms: ill, sick (indirect, via well)
- cured, vulcanized, vulcanised - (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
Antonym: unprocessed (indirect, via processed)
- cured - (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
Antonym: unseasoned (indirect, via seasoned)
- cured - (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
- corned, cured - (used especially of meat) cured in brine
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
- aged, cured - (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Antonym: fresh (indirect, via preserved)
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