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heal

(hiːl)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense heals, present participle healing, past tense, past participle healed
1. verb
When a broken bone or other injury heals or when something heals it, it becomes healthy and normal again.
Within six weeks the bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed. [VERB]
If they'd operated and pinned her arm at once, she might have healed by now. [VERB]
No doctor has ever healed a broken bone: he or she sets them. [VERB noun]
Therapies like acupuncture do work and many people have been healed by them. [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: mend, get better, get well, regenerate More Synonyms of heal
2. ergative verb
When someone's emotional pain heals, they feel normal and happy again.
A year later, she had healed to the point of at least being able to consider a romanticrelationship. [VERB]
Only by fully experiencing the depth of our pain can we be healed from it and bedone with it. [be V-ed from n]
[Also VERB noun]
3. verb
If you heal something such as a rift or a wound, or if it heals, the situation is put right so that people are friendly or happy again.
Today Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift and visit their family everyweekend. [VERB noun]
The psychological effects on the United States were immense and in Washington thewounds have still not fully healed. [VERB]
Synonyms: patch up, settle, reconcile, put right More Synonyms of heal
Phrasal verbs:
See heal up
More Synonyms of heal

heal in British English

(hiːl)
verb
1. 
to restore or be restored to health
2. (intr; often foll by over or up)
(of a wound, burn, etc) to repair by natural processes, as by scar formation
3. (transitive)
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
Derived forms
healable (ˈhealable)
adjective
healer (ˈhealer)
noun
healing (ˈhealing)
noun, adjective
Word origin
Old English hælan; related to Old Norse heila, Gothic hailjan, Old High German heilen; see hale1, whole

heal in American English

(hil)
verb transitive
1. 
to make sound, well, or healthy again; restore to health
heal the sick
2. 
a. 
to cure or get rid of (a disease)
b. 
to cause (a wound, sore, etc.) to become closed or scarred so as to restore a healthy condition
3. 
to free from grief, troubles, evil, etc.
4. 
a. 
to remedy or get rid of (grief, troubles, etc.)
b. 
to make up (a breach, differences, etc.); reconcile
verb intransitive
5. 
to become well or healthy again; be cured
6. 
to become closed or scarred
said of a wound
SIMILAR WORDS:  cure
Word origin
ME helen < OE hælan (akin to Ger heilen) < base of hal, sound, healthy: see hale1, whole

Examples of 'heal' in a sentence
heal

This presidentelect says he wants to heal the wounds of a divided nation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is time to rally and help them heal hidden wounds.
The Sun (2017)
It is possible that a lack of rest did not allow the injury to heal completely.
The Sun (2016)
It strikes when the immune system goes into overdrive trying to heal injury or infection - and can be deadly.
The Sun (2016)
Time will, to some extent, heal these wounds.
The Sun (2016)
Most bruises do, of course, heal without a scar.
The Sun (2016)
Family Lives will help put you in the right frame of mind to heal the rift (familylives.
The Sun (2017)
We seek to restore and heal a nation.
Christianity Today (2000)
That injury is healing and he is gradually getting better.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The problem is that denial is no way to heal pain.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The sun is now in place to heal family quarrels and resolve a cash situation.
The Sun (2007)
It is clear that the wounds from this period have not fully healed.
The Sun (2012)
It was found that their burns healed in half the time it normally takes.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
Zinc is needed to heal wounds and fight off infection.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
You cannot force him to heal the rift but you can try to strengthen your relationship.
The Sun (2012)
You are a scarred yet healed adult.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We found out that it had healed around infected bone and so it just snapped on impact.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He held back after the injury healed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The hot sun helps to heal aches and pains and recharge batteries.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The scars on the family did not heal.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
After three months the scar will be fully healed and you should be back to normal.
The Sun (2012)
Have all of the wounds healed now and do you keep in touch?
The Sun (2011)
Sharing ideas can help heal a family rift.
The Sun (2012)
These scars may not heal when demand recovers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And she could be disabled for life if the injury fails to heal properly.
The Sun (2006)
And only time would heal the pain.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As skin ages, its ability to heal and repair itself declines.
Brumberg, Elaine Take Care of Your Skin (1990)
It also helps heal burns, research found.
The Sun (2008)
It heals by repair; therefore it is not going back to being 100 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)

In other languages
heal

British English: heal /hiːl/ VERB
When an injury such as a broken bone heals, it becomes healthy and normal again.
It will take three to four weeks before the fracture fully heals.
  • American English: heal
  • Arabic: يَشْفِي
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cicatrizar
  • Chinese: 愈合
  • Croatian: zacijeliti
  • Czech: hojit se
  • Danish: hele
  • Dutch: genezen
  • European Spanish: curar
  • Finnish: parantua sairaudesta
  • French: guérir
  • German: heilen
  • Greek: θεραπεύω
  • Italian: guarire
  • Japanese: 治る
  • Korean: (상처 등이) 낫다
  • Norwegian: helbrede
  • Polish: zagoić
  • European Portuguese: cicatrizar
  • Romanian: a vindeca
  • Russian: вылечивать
  • Latin American Spanish: curar
  • Swedish: läka
  • Thai: รักษา
  • Turkish: iyileşmek
  • Ukrainian: загоюватися
  • Vietnamese: hàn gắn

Chinese translation of 'heal'

heal

(hiːl)

vt

    1. [injury] 愈(癒)合 (yùhé)
    2. [sick person] 治愈(癒) (zhìyù)
  2. (emotionally) 治愈(癒) (zhìyù)
  3. [rift, disagreement] 调(調)解 (tiáojiě)

vi

  1. (physically) 痊愈(癒) (quányù)
  2. (emotionally) 愈(癒)合 (yùhé)
1 (verb) 
Definition
(of a wound) to repair by natural processes, such as by scar formation
The bruising had gone, but it was six months before it all healed.
Synonyms
mend
He must have an operation to mend torn knee ligaments.
The arm is broken, but you'll mend.
get better
get well
regenerate
show improvement
2 (verb) 
Definition
to restore (someone) to health
No doctor has ever healed a broken bone. They just set them.
Synonyms
cure
An operation finally cured his shin injury.
restore
mend
make better
remedy
He's been remedying a hamstring injury.
make good
make well
Opposites
hurt
,
injure
, wound,
harm
,
reopen
,
exacerbate
,
aggravate
,
inflame
,
make worse
3 (verb) 
Definition
to repair (a rift in a personal relationship or an emotional wound)
the best way to heal a broken heart
Synonyms
ease
I made her a hot water bottle to ease the pain.
help
The surgery has really helped her back pain.
soothe
Lemon tisanes with honey can soothe sore throats.
lessen
The burden will lessen if you ask someone for help.
alleviate
A great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.
assuage
She was trying to assuage her guilt.
salve
I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
ameliorate
Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation.
4 (verb) 
Definition
to repair (a rift in a personal relationship or an emotional wound)
Sophie and her sister have healed the family rift.
Synonyms
patch up
settle
They agreed to try and settle their dispute by negotiation.
reconcile
It is possible to reconcile these apparently opposing perspectives.
put right
harmonize
members have progressed towards harmonizing their economies
conciliate
My duty is to conciliate the people, not to provoke them.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of alleviate
Definition
to lessen (pain or suffering)
A great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.
Synonyms
ease,
reduce,
relieve,
moderate,
smooth,
dull,
diminish,
soften,
check,
blunt,
soothe,
subdue,
lessen,
lighten,
quell,
allay,
mitigate,
abate,
slacken,
assuage,
quench,
mollify,
slake,
palliate
in the sense of ameliorate
Definition
to make (something) better
Nothing can be done to ameliorate the situation.
Synonyms
improve,
better,
benefit,
reform,
advance,
promote,
amend,
elevate,
raise,
mend,
mitigate,
make better,
assuage,
meliorate
in the sense of assuage
Definition
to relieve (grief, pain, or thirst)
She was trying to assuage her guilt.
Synonyms
relieve,
ease,
calm,
moderate,
temper,
soothe,
lessen,
alleviate,
lighten,
allay,
mitigate,
quench,
palliate

Synonyms of 'heal'

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