cure

2. A medicine or treatment that makes an illness go away.

Scientists are still searching for a cure for the disease.

3. To preserve food, such as meat or fish, by salting or smoking it.

They cure the ham with salt and smoke.

4. To make a material like rubber or leather hard and strong through a special process.

The factory cures the rubber to make it last longer.

5. To solve a problem or fix a bad situation.

New laws were passed to cure the city's traffic problems.