| cured | (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) |
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| cured | (used especially of meat) cured in brine |
| cured | (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry |
| cured | (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening |
| cured | (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) |
| cured | freed from illness or injury |