Definition of CURING

curing

Plural: curings

Noun

  • The process of preserving or treating something, or restoring health.
  • the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
  • The act by which something is cured.

Verb

Verb Forms: cured, curing, cures

  • Preserving food; remedying an illness or problem.
  • provide a cure for, make healthy again
  • prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
  • make (substances) hard and improve their usability
  • be or become preserved
  • present participle and gerund of cure

Examples

  • Curing a bad tile rack often involves trading letters, despite the lost turn.
  • His strategy involved CURING his poor letter rack by strategically placing high-value tiles.

Origin / Etymology

From cure + -ing.

Synonyms

bring around, cure, hardening, heal, set, solidification, solidifying

Scrabble Score: 9

curing: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
curing: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
curing: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

curing: valid Words With Friends Word