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RESTORATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device for treating injury or disease
Synonyms:
corrective; restorative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("restorative" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restorative"):
pack (a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect)
face pack; pack (a cream that cleanses and tones the skin)
pick-me-up; pickup (anything with restorative powers)
prosthesis; prosthetic device (corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body)
Derivation:
restorative (promoting recuperation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A medicine that strengthens and invigorates
Synonyms:
restorative; tonic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("restorative" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restorative"):
bracer; pick-me-up (a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor))
Derivation:
restorative (promoting recuperation)
restorative (tending to impart new life and vigor to)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Promoting recuperation
Example:
restorative effects of exercise
Synonyms:
recuperative; restorative
Classified under:
Similar:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
Derivation:
restorative (a device for treating injury or disease)
restorative (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates)
restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tending to impart new life and vigor to
Example:
the renewing warmth of the sunshine
Synonyms:
renewing; restorative; revitalising; revitalizing; reviving
Classified under:
Similar:
invigorating (imparting strength and vitality)
Derivation:
restorative (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates)
restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)
Context examples:
An individual that lives at a healthcare facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or residents in need of assistance with activities of daily living.
(Long-term Facility Resident, NCI Thesaurus)
A tooth restorative material that is formulated to create a loose, free-flowing mix.
(Flowable Composite, NCI Thesaurus)
They are used in restorative and orthodontic dental procedures.
(Dental Cement, NCI Thesaurus)
The term refers particularly, to thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, poly-siloxanes, polymers associated with restorative materials; ionic polymers, silicones, polymethylmethacrylate, BIS-GMA, reinforced polymers, composites, metals, cements, dental porcelains, etc.
(Dental Material, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
When she had administered these restoratives, as I was still quite hysterical, and unable to control my sobs, she put me on the sofa, with a shawl under my head, and the handkerchief from her own head under my feet, lest I should sully the cover; and then, sitting herself down behind the green fan or screen I have already mentioned, so that I could not see her face, ejaculated at intervals, Mercy on us! letting those exclamations off like minute guns.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
During the two years that had elapsed previous to their marriage my father had gradually relinquished all his public functions; and immediately after their union they sought the pleasant climate of Italy, and the change of scene and interest attendant on a tour through that land of wonders, as a restorative for her weakened frame.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
They would not listen to scruples: he was obeyed; they were all beneath his roof; and while Louisa, under Mrs Harville's direction, was conveyed up stairs, and given possession of her own bed, assistance, cordials, restoratives were supplied by her husband to all who needed them.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Accordingly, it was locked up in his box, and drawn off by himself in a phial, and administered to me through a piece of quill in the cork, when I was supposed to be in want of a restorative.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
