Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To restore to health or soundness; cure.
- intransitive verb To ease or relieve (emotional distress).
- intransitive verb To set right; repair.
- intransitive verb To recover from an illness or injury; return to health.
- intransitive verb To experience relief from emotional distress.
- intransitive verb To be relieved or eliminated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Health; well-being.
- A variant spelling of
heel . - To hide; conceal; keep secret.
- To cover, as for protection.
- 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.
- To make whole or sound; restore to health or soundness; cure: as, to
heal the sick. - To restore to wholesome conditions; remove something evil or noxious from: purify; cleanse; strengthen.
- To remedy; remove, repair, or counteract by salutary or beneficial means: as, to
heal a quarrel or a breach. - To grow whole or sound; return to a sound state: with reference to a wound, sometimes with up or over.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
- transitive verb To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
- transitive verb To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
- transitive verb To restore to original purity or integrity.
- transitive verb To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to
heal dissensions. - noun obsolete Health.
- intransitive verb To grow sound; to return to a sound state; ; -- sometimes with
up orover .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
hide ;conceal ; keepsecret . - verb transitive To
cover , as forprotection . - verb transitive To make better; to
revive ,recover , orcure . - verb intransitive To become better.
- noun obsolete
health
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get healthy again
- verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
- verb heal or recover
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thou promisest to heal their waters, but _their miry places and standing waters_, thou sayest there, _thou wilt not heal_. [
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel John Donne 1601
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The English word heal appears in this passage, as the Greek word iomai, meaning “cure.”
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The English word heal appears in this passage, as the Greek word iomai, meaning “cure.”
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The English word heal appears in this passage, as the Greek word iomai, meaning “cure.”
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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The English word heal appears in this passage, as the Greek word iomai, meaning “cure.”
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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I am so encouraged to hear that it is helping people all across the country to heal from the ravages of child abuse.
Book Promotion: 5 top tips for being on TV and lessons from a TV appearance | The Creative Penn 2009
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We cannot heal from the scourge of christianity until we are honest about some of its worse perpetrators.
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The wound would heal from the inside out -- they call it healing by secondary intention, and if you think I haven't tried to write a poem with that fabulously symbolic phrase in it, you don't know me very well.
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And we were able to give each other enough space to heal from the wounds we inflicted upon ourselves and each other.
Odin's Day shiftercat 2009
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For me, sharing my pain with the world is how I was able to heal from a lot of hurt in my life.
When Should You Use Your Personal Pain In Your Writing? | The Creative Penn 2009
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