[化] 熟化; 固化; 腌制; 熏制; 医治; 处理

[医] 食物加工法(用腌、熏等方法)

[ noun ]
the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
<noun.process>
the hardening of concretehe tested the set of the glue

Cure \Cure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cured} (k[=u]rd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Curing}.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to
cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See
{Cure},.]
1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
make well; -- said of a patient.

The child was cured from that very hour. --Matt.
xvii. 18.

2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

To cure this deadly grief. --Shak.

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and
gave them power . . . to cure diseases. --Luke ix.
1.

3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
from a bad habit.

I never knew any man cured of inattention. --Swift.

4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or
fish; to cure hay.


Curing \Cur"ing\ (k?r"?ng),
p. a. & vb. n. of {Cure}.

{Curing house}, a building in which anything is cured;
especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar
is drained and dried.