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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CUR

Shortened from kurdogge; probably related to Old Norse kurra to growl.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CUR

cur  [kɜː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cur is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Cur

In general, modern contexts, the term Cur is a slang term for mongrel dogs with a distinct negative connotation. Originally, however, the word "cur" referred to a certain British purpose-bred, short-tailed cattle droving dog known only from historical records, the cur dog.:459–460 Among dog experts, "curs" are any of several closely related North American purpose-bred treeing hounds, some of which have since achieved breed recognition.

Definition of cur in the English dictionary

The definition of cur in the dictionary is any vicious dog, esp a mongrel. Other definition of cur is a despicable or cowardly person.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUR

cupuliferous
Cur. adv. vult
curability
curable
curableness
curably
curacies
curacy
curagh
curandera
curandero
curare
curari
curarine
curarisation
curarise
curarization
curarize
curassow
curat

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUR

amateur
amour
Arthur
auteur
Coeur
colour
four
fur
glamour
honour
hour
humour
Kultur
our
pour
retour
sense of humour
Sur
tour
your

Synonyms and antonyms of cur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cur» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cur

Translation of «cur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUR

Find out the translation of cur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

CUR
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

act
570 millions of speakers

English

cur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चालू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

текущ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইতর লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

actu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

CUR
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

CUR
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saiki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sokak köpeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cur
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bież
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поточн
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Προσθήκες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huidig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Diskusjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUR»

The term «cur» is very widely used and occupies the 16.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cur

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUR»

Discover the use of cur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Happiness Is Like a Cur Dog: The Thirty-Year Journey of a ...
With a raconteur's wit and keen eye for detail, Nelson "Nellie" King spins tales of his journey in professional baseball.
Nelson J. King, 2009
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Manual on the use of rock in coastal and shoreline engineering
The manual sets out an integrated approach to the planning and design process by considering a range of related parameters, such as environmental implications and the availability of materials, alongside basic engineering requirements.
Construction Industry Research and Information Association, 1991
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Cur Aliquid Vidi
Revisioning myth, CUR ALIQUID VIDI mines the eros in language and discovers how it must, ultimately, reach agape. What is the purpose of the exile's word to the community which excludes him. To be instructed by what is absent.
Lance Phillips, 2004
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The Cur: A Tale about the Man Who Accompanied Jesus Into the ...
EPILOGUE. With the Messiah who appeared upon the earth came a companion known as the “Cur.” The Cur came to protect the Master, but the Cur was not to be known in history. Although Yeshua said that the Cur was not to be known in ...
Timothy W. Bingham, 2013
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Advances in Aggregates and Armourstone Evaluation
The undoubted advances heralded by the standardizing approach of the CIRIA/ CUR Manual on the Use of Rock in Coastal and Shoreline Engineering and its model specification have done much to rationalize a previously over-simplistic view ...
John-Paul Latham, 1998
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, ...
ICHNEUMON— ICHTHYOLOGY. Holocentrum, Artedi. Myripristis, Cur. Beryx, Cur. Trachichtys, Shaw. Sub-genera, 3. D,v,s,on II. INGULAR. Trachinus, L. Percis, Bl. Pinguipes, Cuv. Percophis, Cur. Uranoscopus, L. D,v,s,on III. ABDOMINAL.
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1835
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Black Class Cur
Tom Bradley. "Yes," he grinned, "and do you little comrades know why our grannies call them immortality noodles? It's because noodles are long and thin, like the number one, and safety eggs are round, like the number zero, and together they ...
Tom Bradley, 1999
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Taxing Wages 1999 Taxes on Wages and Salaries, Social ...
Earnings Allowances: Basic Taxable current income Total Tax credits: Basic Married or head of family Children Other Total SSC on non-current income earn 2 . bas–allce B emp–dedn tax–free+SSC–cur B B non –cur–tb tax–inc B B grtax– cur ...
OECD, 2000
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The scholar's arithmetic; or, Federal accountant ...
In £36 Is. 6Jd. N. Eng. cur. or £48 2s. 0$d. N. York cur. or £46 Is. lid. Penn. cur. how many dollars, cents and mills ? Aw. $120,257 N. E. cw.— $120,255 N. Y. cur. — $120, 255 Penn. cur. Note. — In making the exchange from one currency into  ...
Daniel Adams, 1828
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Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with ...
11th European Conference, ECSQARU 2011, Belfast, UK, June 29-July 1, 2011, Proceedings Weiru Liu. Procedure MergeWalk (root, p) Input: root node of tree, p a zero constraint Result: merge walk p into tree rooted at root cur ← root; while  ...
Weiru Liu, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cur is used in the context of the following news items.
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Moving Stocks: Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) shares fell -5.85% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.77. CUR return on assets is -71.50%. «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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Bio Stocks In Motion: CorMedix (NYSEMKT:CRMD), Neuralstem …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) ended the last trading day at $1.77. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 9.19% and price to cash ratio ... «Property Mentor, Jul 15»
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Medworxx Patient Flow Solution Continues to Expand in the UK with …
BTUH's decision to license Medworxx came as a result of a CUR snapshot ... The goal of the CUR CQUIN is to improve patient flow, enhance ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Active Stocks: Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB), Neuralstem …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) shares decreased -3.61% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.87. CUR return on assets is ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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Neuralstem Research Coverage Started at MLV & Co. (CUR)
Neuralstem, Inc. logo MLV & Co. assumed coverage on shares of Neuralstem (NYSE:CUR) in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, ... «The Legacy, Jul 15»
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Worth Watching Stocks: Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR), CTI …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is -8.49%. On last trading day company shares ended ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
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MLV & Co. Initiates Coverage on Neuralstem (CUR)
Neuralstem logo Investment analysts at MLV & Co. started coverage on shares of Neuralstem (NYSE:CUR) in a note issued to investors on ... «WKRB News, Jul 15»
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Neuralstem Coverage Initiated by Analysts at MLV & Co. (CUR)
Neuralstem, Inc. logo MLV & Co. assumed coverage on shares of Neuralstem (NYSE:CUR) in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, ... «Dakota Financial News, Jun 15»
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Investors Dumping 3 Biotech Stocks - Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) declined -11.88% to end last trading session at $1.78. The company, on June 29, 2015, released that it has ... «Wall Street Observer, Jun 15»
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High Velocity Stocks: Viggle Inc. (NASDAQ:VGGL), Ignyta (NASDAQ …
Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSEMKT:CUR) shares moved down -11.88% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.78. CUR has a return on ... «Property Mentor, Jun 15»

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