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- Dictionaryheal/hiːl/
verb
- 1. cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again: "his concern is to heal sick people" Similar Opposite
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HEAL definition: 1. to make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury: 2. If a bad situation or…. Learn more.
1. a. : to make free from injury or disease : to make sound or whole. heal a wound. b. : to make well again : to restore to health. heal the sick. 2. a. : to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome : mend. the troubles … had not been forgotten, but they had been healed William Power. b. : to patch up or correct (a breach or division)
to make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury: heal (up) The wounds were gradually healing (up). The plaster cast helps to heal the broken bone. If a bad situation or painful emotion heals, it ends or improves, and if something heals it, it makes it end or improve:
to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful. Synonyms: soothe, compose. Antonyms: irritate. to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul. Synonyms: disinfect, purge.
To heal is to recover or become healthy again. You'll need to wait until your blisters heal before you put your hiking boots back on and climb Mt. Everest. They say time can heal, or cure, a broken heart, while you can be sure that rest, an ice pack, and propping your foot up will heal your twisted ankle.
1. to restore or be restored to health. 2. (Medicine) ( intr; often foll by over or up) (of a wound, burn, etc) to repair by natural processes, as by scar formation.
verb. healed, heals. To make sound, well, or healthy again; restore to health. Heal the sick. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To become well or healthy again; be cured. Webster's New World. To ease or relieve (emotional distress). Only time can heal her grief. American Heritage. To cure or get rid of (a disease) Webster's New World.
HEAL definition: 1. If a wound or broken bone heals, it becomes healthy again, and if something heals it, it makes…. Learn more.
to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful.
heal. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English heal /hiːl/ verb [ intransitive, transitive] 1 (also heal up) if a wound or a broken bone heals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again It took three months for my arm to heal properly. 2 to make someone who is ill become healthy again ...
