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curar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bleach noun A chemical used to whiten fabric or disinfect surfaces by removing colour or killing germs.
  • cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  • heal verb To make well again after illness or injury; to recover.
  • knit verb To make fabric or a garment by looping yarn together, either by hand with needles or by machine.
  • season noun One of the four main divisions of the year — spring, summer, autumn, or winter — marked by particular weather patterns.

Senses

curar is used for these senses in English:

  • bleach (transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  • cure (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
  • cure (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
  • heal (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
  • heal (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
  • knit (intransitive, of bones) To heal following a fracture.
  • season (transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

bleach — full definition

  1. noun A chemical used to whiten fabric or disinfect surfaces by removing colour or killing germs.
  2. verb To whiten or lighten something using bleach or sunlight.

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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