cured
Because it is a word with a single syllable, cured is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcured
- To restore to health.
Synonyms: heal
Example: "Unaided nature cured him."
- To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
Example: "Unaided nature cured his ailments."
- To cause to be rid of (a defect).
Example: "Experience will cure him of his naïveté."
- To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
Example: "The smoke and heat cures the meat."
- To bring about a cure of any kind.
- To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
Example: "The meat was put in the smokehouse to cure."
- To preserve (food), typically by salting
- To solidify or gel.
Example: "The parts were curing in the autoclave."
- To become healed.
- To pay heed; to care; to give attention.
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