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cure down

cure down verb: to cure tobacco leaves thoroughly by drying them to prepare them for use.

Verb

cure down (third-person singular simple present cures down, present participle curing down, simple past and past participle cured down)

  1. (transitive) To cure tobacco leaves thoroughly by drying them to prepare them for use.

Forms of cure down

third-person singular presentcures down
present participlecuring down
past participlecured down
pastcured down

Questions about cure down

What does cure down mean?
Cure down means to cure tobacco leaves thoroughly by drying them to prepare them for use.
What part of speech is cure down?
Cure down is a verb.
What is the past tense of cure down?
The past tense of cure down is cured down.

Words near cure down in the dictionary

  1. curdwort
  2. Curdworth
  3. curdy
  4. cure
  5. cure cancer
  6. cure down
  7. cure for cancer
  8. cure time
  9. cure times
  10. cure up
  11. cure-all

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