heal
verb/hiːl/
/hiːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they heal | /hiːl/ /hiːl/ |
| he / she / it heals | /hiːlz/ /hiːlz/ |
| past simple healed | /hiːld/ /hiːld/ |
| past participle healed | /hiːld/ /hiːld/ |
| -ing form healing | /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become healthy again; to make something healthy again
- It took a long time for the wounds to heal.
- heal up The cut healed up without leaving a scar.
- heal something This will help to heal your cuts and scratches.
- (figurative) It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party (= to repair the damage that had been done).
Homophones heal | heel | he'llheal heel he'llTopics Health problemsb2/hiːl//hiːl/- heal verb
- Salt can heal wounds.
- heel noun
- Her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down.
- he'll short form he will
- He'll arrive in a minute!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- properly
- …
- [transitive] heal somebody (of something) (old use or formal) to cure somebody who is ill; to make somebody feel happy again
- the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease
- I felt healed by his love.
- [transitive, intransitive] heal (something) to put an end to something or make something easier to bear; to end or become easier to bear
- She was never able to heal the rift between herself and her father.
- The breach between them never really healed.
Word OriginOld English hǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to whole.
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