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heal

cure; soothe; disinfect; restore: It’s just a small cut that will heal quickly.

Not to be confused with:

heel – back part of the foot or footwear: The shoe fits perfectly everywhere except at the heel.

he'll – contraction for he will

heal

(hēl)

v. healed, heal·ing, heals

v.tr.

a. To restore to health or soundness; cure: healed the sick patient.

b. To ease or relieve (emotional distress): Only time can heal her grief.

2. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.

v.intr.

a. To recover from an illness or injury; return to health.

b. To experience relief from emotional distress: gave the grieving family time to heal.

2. To be relieved or eliminated: The rift between them finally healed.

[Middle English healen, from Old English hǣlan; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

heal′a·ble adj.

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heal

(hiːl)

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

3. (Medicine) (tr)

a. to treat (a wound, etc) by assisting in its natural repair

b. to cure (a disease or disorder)

4. to restore or be restored to friendly relations, harmony, etc

[Old English hælan; related to Old Norse heila, Gothic hailjan, Old High German heilen; see hale¹, whole]

ˈhealable adj

ˈhealer n

ˈhealing n, adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

heal

(hil)

v.t.

1. to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.

2. to repair or reconcile; settle: to heal the rift between them.

3. to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul.

v.i.

4. to effect a cure.

5. (of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to become whole or sound; mend (sometimes fol. by up or over).

[before 900; Middle English helen, Old English hǣlan (c. Old Saxon hēlian, Old High German heilan, Old Norse heila, Gothic hailjan), derivative of hāl hale¹, whole]

heal′er, n.

heal

Past participle: healed
Gerund: healing

Imperative
heal
heal

Present
I heal
you heal
he/she/it heals
we heal
you heal
they heal

Preterite
I healed
you healed
he/she/it healed
we healed
you healed
they healed

Present Continuous
I am healing
you are healing
he/she/it is healing
we are healing
you are healing
they are healing

Present Perfect
I have healed
you have healed
he/she/it has healed
we have healed
you have healed
they have healed

Past Continuous
I was healing
you were healing
he/she/it was healing
we were healing
you were healing
they were healing

Past Perfect
I had healed
you had healed
he/she/it had healed
we had healed
you had healed
they had healed

Future
I will heal
you will heal
he/she/it will heal
we will heal
you will heal
they will heal

Future Perfect
I will have healed
you will have healed
he/she/it will have healed
we will have healed
you will have healed
they will have healed

Future Continuous
I will be healing
you will be healing
he/she/it will be healing
we will be healing
you will be healing
they will be healing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been healing
you have been healing
he/she/it has been healing
we have been healing
you have been healing
they have been healing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been healing
you will have been healing
he/she/it will have been healing
we will have been healing
you will have been healing
they will have been healing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been healing
you had been healing
he/she/it had been healing
we had been healing
you had been healing
they had been healing

Conditional
I would heal
you would heal
he/she/it would heal
we would heal
you would heal
they would heal

Past Conditional
I would have healed
you would have healed
he/she/it would have healed
we would have healed
you would have healed
they would have healed

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Verb	1.	heal - heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" mend ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
	2.	heal - get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" scab - form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab" skin over - grow new skin over an injury granulate - form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
	3.	heal - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" cure, bring around practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" aid, help - improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" recuperate - restore to good health or strength

heal

verb

1. (sometimes with up) mend, get better, get well, cure, regenerate, show improvement The bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed.

2. cure, restore, mend, make better, remedy, make good, make well No doctor has ever healed a broken bone. They just set them.
cure hurt, injure, wound, harm, reopen, exacerbate, aggravate, inflame, make worse

3. ease, help, soothe, lessen, alleviate, assuage, salve, ameliorate the best way to heal a broken heart

4. patch up, settle, reconcile, put right, harmonize, conciliate Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

heal

verb

To rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition):

cure, remedy.

Translations

يَشْفِييُشْفي

hojit sevyhojitzahojit

helelæge

heilen beeilen

γιαίνω επουλώνω θεραπεύω

curar sanar

parantua

guérir recouvrer soigner assainir

zacijeliti

begyógyulgyógyulmeggyógyít

græîa, lækna

guarire rimarginare sanare cicatrizzare

治る

(상처 등이) 낫다

užgydytiužgyti

sadziedētsadzīt

вылечивать вылечить заживать зажить излечить

zahojiť sa

zacelitizaceliti se

läka

รักษา

iyileş mekiyileşmek

hàn gắn

愈合治愈

heal

[hiːl]

A. VT [+ wound] → curar; [+ person] → sanar, curar (of de) (fig) [+ differences] → reconciliar
he tried to heal the rift with his father → intentó salvar el distanciamiento con su padre

B. VI (also heal up) → cicatrizar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

heal

[ˈhiːl]

[+ injury] → guérir; [+ wound, cut] → cicatriser; [+ person] (from illness) → guérir

(fig) [+ rift] → régler
to heal the wounds (in group, organization) → panser les blessures
to be healed from sth [+ pain, distress] → être guéri(e) de qch

[wound] → cicatriser; [bone] → guérir
The wound soon healed → La blessure a vite cicatrisé.

(= recover) [person] → se rétablir

heal

vi (Med, fig) → heilen

(Med) → heilen; time heals all wounds (Prov) → die Zeit heilt alle Wunden (Prov)

(fig) differences etc → beilegen; (third party) → schlichten; they succeeded in healing the rift between them → es gelang ihnen, die Kluft zwischen ihnen zu überbrücken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

heal

[hiːl]

1. vt (wound) → guarire, cicatrizzare; (person) → guarire (fig) (differences) → appianare

2. vi (also heal up) → cicatrizzarsi

heal

(hiːl) verb

(often with up) (especially of cuts, wounds etc) to make or become healthy; to (cause to) return to a normal state or condition. That scratch will heal (up) in a couple of days; this ointment will soon heal your cuts.

ˈhealer noun

a person or thing that heals. Time is the great healer.

heal

→ يَشْفِي hojit se hele heilen θεραπεύω curar parantua guérir zacijeliti guarire 治る (상처 등이) 낫다 genezen helbrede zagoić cicatrizar вылечивать läka รักษา iyileşmek hàn gắn 愈合

heal

v. curar, sanar, recobrar la salud; [a wound] cicatrizar; curarse, sanarse; recobrarse.

heal

vt, vi (wound) sanar, cicatrizar; (in general) curarse

References in classic literature ?

You have heard, perhaps, of a common surgical operation resorted to in cases where the nose has been destroyed: a flap of skin is cut from the forehead, turned down on the nose, and heals in the new position.

I took another sheep, and made a thing of pain and fear and left it bound up to heal. It looked quite human to me when I had finished it; but when I went to it I was discontented with it.

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'Why do you, who heal others, refuse to help my son?' She besought him in Christ's name.

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The mother's wounded spirit could not could not heal. Petya's death had torn from her half her life.

A spiritual wound produced by a rending of the spiritual body is like a physical wound and, strange as it may seem, just as a deep wound may heal and its edges join, physical and spiritual wounds alike can yet heal completely only as the result of a vital force from within.

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'My good friend,' said the youth, 'be of good cheer, for I can soon heal your leg,' and with these words he poured some of the precious water over the wolf's paw, and in a minute the animal was springing about sound and well on all fours.

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Gave him three weeks of life, Three little weeks in which to heal

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Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient.

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Wherefore I will lend ear to thy counsel, and this youth shall journey with us unto York, and our house shall be as a home to him until his wounds shall be healed. And if he of the Lion Heart shall return to the land, as is now noised abroad, then shall this Wilfred of Ivanhoe be unto me as a wall of defence, when the king's displeasure shall burn high against thy father.

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"After that he often came to see me, and when my mouth was healed the other breaker, Job, they called him, went on training me; he was steady and thoughtful, and I soon learned what he wanted."

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While my seared soul was steeped in the healing balm of those gracious sounds, it seemed to me that I could almost resuffer the torments which had gone before, in order to be so healed again.

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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge, keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal, and do well.