heal (redirected from heals)

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

Verb

1. (of a wound) to repair by natural processes, such as by scar formation

2. to restore (someone) to health

3. to repair (a rift in a personal relationship or an emotional wound) [Old English hælan]

healer n
healing nadj

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

verb 2. cure, restore, mend, make better, remedy, make good, make well << OPPOSITE injure

verb 3. patch up, settle, reconcile, put right, harmonize, conciliate

Translations

heal [hiːl] vt → curar

vi → cicatrizar

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heal [hiːl] vt, vi → guérir

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heal [hiːl] vt, vi → heilen

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heal [hiːl] vt, vi → guarire