HEAL

heal

(verb) get healthy again; “The wound is healing slowly”

mend, heal

(verb) heal or recover; “My broken leg is mending”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past and past participle healed)

(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

(intransitive) To become better or healthy again.

To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

Synonyms

• (make better): cure, make whole

• (become better): get better, recover

Noun

heal (countable and uncountable, plural heals)

(RPG, countable) A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

(obsolete, uncountable) health

Etymology 2

Verb

heal (third-person singular simple present heals, present participle healing, simple past and past participle healed)

(rare) Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).

Anagrams

• Aleh, Hale, Hela, Leah, hale

Proper noun

Heal (plural Heals)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heal is the 14827^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1999 individuals. Heal is most common among White (81.24%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.06%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Aleh, Hale, Hela, Leah, hale

Source: Wiktionary

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Heal, v. t. Etym: [See Hele.]

Definition: To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]

Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed; p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] Etym: [OE. helen, hælen, AS. hælan, fr. hal hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. helian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.]

1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matt. viii. 8.

2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. I will heal their backsliding. Hos. xiv. 4.

3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii. 21.

4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.

Heal, v. i.

Definition: 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. Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak.

Heal, n. Etym: [AS. h, h. See Heal, v. t.]

Definition: Health. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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