heal

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To restore to health or soundness; cure. See Synonyms at cure.
2. v. To set right; repair: healed the rift between us.
3. v. To restore (a person) to spiritual wholeness.
4. v. To become whole and sound; return to health.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To make whole or sound; restore to health or soundness; cure: as, to heal the sick.
2. To restore to wholesome conditions; remove something evil or noxious from: purify; cleanse; strengthen.
3. To remedy; remove, repair, or counteract by salutary or beneficial means: as, to heal a quarrel or a breach.
4. To grow whole or sound; return to a sound state: with reference to a wound, sometimes with up or over.
5. n. Health; well-being.
6. To hide; conceal; keep secret.
7. To cover, as for protection. To cover or overlay, as a roof with tiles, slates, tin, etc.
8. To cover (the roots of trees and plants), usually in an inclined or slanting position, with soil, after they have been taken out of the ground, and before setting them permanently: generally used with in.
9. A variant spelling of heel.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To make better; to revive, recover, or cure.
2. v. intransitive To become better.
3. n. obsolete health
4. v. transitive To hide; conceal; keep secret.
5. v. transitive To cover, as for protection.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
2. v. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
3. v. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
4. v. To restore to original purity or integrity.
5. v. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
6. v. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; ; -- sometimes with up or over.
7. n. obsolete Health.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. get healthy again
2. v. provide a cure for, make healthy again
3. v. heal or recover