heal

heal  (hl)

v. healed, heal·ing, heals

v.tr.

1. To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.

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

3. To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness.

v.intr.

To become whole and sound; return to health.

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

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heala·ble adj.

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heal [hiːl]

vb

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]

healable  adj

healer  n

healing  n & adj

Thesaurus

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

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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.

Translations

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

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heal [ˈhiːl]

vt

[+ 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

vi

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

(= recover) [person] → se rétablir

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heal

vi (Med, fig) → heilen

vt

(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

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heal [hiːl]

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

2. vi (also heal up) → cicatrizzarsi

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heal [hiːl]

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

2. vi (also heal up) → cicatrizzarsi

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heal

v heal [hiːl]

(often withup) (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. genees, gesond word يُشْفي лекувам zahojit; vyhojit hele; læge beeilen επουλώνω, επουλώνομαι, γιατρεύω curar paranema, parandama شفا دادن parantua guérir לְרַפֵּא स्वस्थ होना (iz)lijeciti se, ozdraviti (meg)gyógyít; (meg-, be)gyógyul sembuh græða, lækna guarire 治る (상처, 화상 등을) 고치다 užgyti, užgydyti sadzīt; sadziedēt sembuh helen, genezen helbrede, kurere, lege (wy)leczyć, goić się sarar a vindeca заживать; заживлять zahojiť sa; vyliečiť zaceliti (se) izlečiti läka รักษา iyileş(tir)mek 痊癒 виліковувати, загоювати(ся) زخم یا چوٹ کا ٹھیک ہونا hàn gắn; chữa khỏi bệnh 治愈

n healer

a person or thing that heals Time is the great healer. geneser, heler شافٍ лечител léčitel healer; naturlæge das Heilmittel θεραπευτής curador, sanador parandaja شفا دهنده parantaja guérisseur/-euse מְרַפֵּא घाव भरने वाला iscjelitelj, vidar gyógyító penyembuh græðari guaritore, guaritrice 治療者 치료하는 사람 gydytojas dziednieks bomoh; penawar heler, genezer naturlege, healer, helbreder lekarz, lek (aquele que) cura vindecător целитель; лекарь liečiteľ zdravnik, zdravilo iscelitelj person som botar, läke-, botemedel ผู้รักษา iyileştiren kimse 治療的人或物 цілитель کوئی شخص یا شے جو شفا دے người/vật hàn gắn 治疗物

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heal → يَشفى zahojit (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