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2 : marked by wiliness and trickery

3 : CUTE

— cun·ning·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] clever, deft, dexterous, handy—more at DEXTEROUS

[2] artful, cagey, crafty, devious, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, subtle, wily—more at ARTFUL

2cunning noun 1 : skill in planning, making, or executing : SKILL

2 : skill in deceiving to gain an end

Synonyms

[1] adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, artistry, cleverness, craft, deftness, masterfulness, skill—more at SKILL

[2] artfulness, artifice, caginess, canniness, craft, craftiness, guile, slyness, wiliness; also calculation, care, design; savvy, sharpness, shrewdness; cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness; ease, facility, finesse; deceitfulness, duplicity

1cup noun 1 : a small bowl-shaped drinking vessel

2 : the contents of a cup

3 : the consecrated wine of the Communion

4 : something resembling a cup : a small bowl or hollow

5 : a half pint

— cup·ful noun

— cup·like adjective

2cup verb cupped; cup·ping : to curve into the shape of a cup

cup·board noun : a small closet with shelves for food or dishes

Synonyms

buffet, cabinet, closet, hutch, locker, sideboard—more at CABINET

cup·cake noun : a small cake baked in a cuplike mold

cu·pid noun : a winged naked figure of an infant often with a bow and arrow that represents the god Cupid

cu·pid·i·ty noun, plural -ties : excessive desire for money

Synonyms

acquisitiveness, avarice, avidity, covetousness, greed, rapaciousness—more at GREED

cu·po·la noun : a small structure on top of a roof or building

1cur noun 1 : a mongrel dog

2 : a surly or cowardly fellow

Synonyms

beast, boor, churl, clown, creep, cretin, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, skunk, slob, snake—more at JERK

2cur abbreviation 1 currency

2 current

cu·rate noun 1 : a member of the clergy who is in charge of a parish

2 : a member of the clergy who assists a rector or vicar

— cu·ra·cy noun

cu·ra·tive adjective : relating to or used in the cure of diseases

— curative noun

cu·ra·tor noun : CUSTODIAN; especially : one in charge of a place of exhibit (as a museum or zoo)

1curb noun 1 : a bit that exerts pressure on a horse's jaws

2 : one that arrests, limits, or restrains : CHECK, RESTRAINT

3 : a raised edging (as of stone or concrete) along a paved street

Synonyms

check, condition, constraint, fetter, limitation, restraint, restriction—more at RESTRICTION

2curb verb : to hold in or back : RESTRAIN

Synonyms

bridle, check, constrain, contain, control, govern, inhibit, regulate, rein, restrain, tame—more at CONTROL

curb·ing noun 1 : the material for a curb

2 : CURB

curd noun : the thick protein-rich part of coagulated milk

cur·dle verb cur·dled; cur·dling : to form curds; also : SPOIL, SOUR

1cure noun 1 : spiritual care

2 : recovery or relief from disease

3 : a curative agent : REMEDY

4 : a course or period of treatment

Synonyms

drug, medicine, pharmaceutical, remedy, specific—more at MEDICINE

2cure verb cured; cur·ing 1 : to restore to health : HEAL; also : to become cured

2 : to process for storage or use <~ bacon>

— cur·able adjective

Synonyms

heal, mend, rehabilitate—more at HEAL

cu·ré noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a parish priest

cure–all noun : a remedy for all ills : PANACEA

cu·ret·tage noun : a surgical scraping or cleaning of a body part (as the uterus)

cur·few noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. MF covrefeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire, curfew, fr. covrir to cover + feu fire, fr. L focus hearth]

: a regulation that specified persons (as children) be off the streets at a set hour of the evening; also : the sounding of a signal (as a bell) at this hour

cu·ria noun, plural cu·ri·ae often cap : the body of congregations, tribunals, and offices through which the pope governs the Roman Catholic Church

cu·rie noun : a unit of radioactivity equal to 37 billion disintegrations per second

cu·rio noun, plural cu·ri·os : an object or article valued because it is