cured

adjective

1. 1

   (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

2. 2

   (used especially of meat) cured in brine

3. 3

   (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry

4. 4

   (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening

5. 5

   (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)

6. 6

   freed from illness or injury

   the patient appears cured

   the incision is healed