'Curing' definitions:

Definition of 'curing'

From: WordNet
noun
The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" [syn: hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing]

Definition of 'Curing'

From: GCIDE
  • Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cured (k[=u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curing.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See Cure,.]
  • 1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient. [1913 Webster]
  • The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt. xvii. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. [1913 Webster]
  • To cure this deadly grief. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit. [1913 Webster]
  • I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Curing'

From: GCIDE
  • Curing \Cur"ing\ (k?r"?ng), p. a. & vb. n. of Cure. [1913 Webster]
  • Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'curing'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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