adjective
1. freed from illness or injury
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the patient appears cured
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the incision is healed
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appears to be entirely recovered
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"when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
• Similar to: ↑well
2. (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
• Syn: ↑vulcanized, ↑vulcanised
• Similar to: ↑processed
3. (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
• Similar to: ↑seasoned
4. (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
• Similar to: ↑preserved
5. (used especially of meat) cured in brine
• Syn: ↑corned
• Similar to: ↑preserved
6. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
• Syn: ↑aged
• Similar to: ↑preserved
Useful english dictionary. 2012.