(a) To cure (sb., the body, a bodily part), cure (a disease, deformity, wound), treat (sb. or sth.) medically or surgically; ~ of, cure (sb.) of (sth.); -- also without obj.; (b) to raise (the dead); tend the wounds of (the dead); (c) to patch or fill (holes or crevices); (d) ironically: to kill (sb.).

Fig. (a) To heal (sb., one's life or soul) spiritually, save, redeem; also, perform spiritual cures; (b) to comfort (sb.), console; assuage (sorrow), mitigate (misery); lessen the severity of (temptation); ~ to, ?have pity on (sb.); (c) to correct (one's rudeness).