Definition of heal Heal

/hiˈl/ - [heel] - heal

We found 20 definitions of heal from 6 different sources.

What does heal mean?

Verb heals, healing, healed
heal - get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
		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"
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"
		bring around, cure
		aid, help improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"
		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"
		recuperate get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
heal - heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
		mend
		ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

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heal (v. t.)
To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
heal (v. t.)
To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
heal (v. t.)
To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
heal (v. t.)
To restore to original purity or integrity.
heal (v. t.)
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
heal (v. i.)
To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.
heal (v. t.)
Health.

heal
To get healthy again.
heal
To remedy an illness using medical or medicamentous treatment; to provide a cure for.
heal
Heal or recover, e.g. by forming a scar.

heal
hēl, v.t. to make whole and healthy: to cure: to remove or subdue what is evil: to restore to soundness, to remedy, repair.—v.i. to grow sound:—pr.p. heal′ing; pa.p. healed.—adj. Heal′able.—ns. Heal′er; Heal′ing, the act or process by which anything is healed or cured: the power to heal.—adj. tending to cure, mild.—adv. Heal′ingly.—adj. Heal′some (Scot.), wholesome. [A.S. hǽlan, hál, whole; cf. Ger. heil, Dut. heel, Ice. heill; also Eng. hail, hale, whole.]

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