leigheas — meaning in English

English meaning

• antidote noun A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
• cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
• medicine noun A substance taken to treat or prevent illness.
• remedy noun Something that fixes a problem or relieves an unwanted condition.

Senses

leigheas is used for these senses in English:

• antidote (figurative) Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
• cure A method, device or medication that restores good health.
• medicine (uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
• remedy Something that corrects or counteracts.

antidote — full definition

1. noun A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
2. noun Anything that counteracts or relieves something unpleasant or harmful.

cure — full definition

1. noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
2. verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
3. verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.

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