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- Dictionaryheal/hiːl/
verb
- 1. cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again: "his concern is to heal sick people" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of HEAL is to make free from injury or disease : to make sound or whole. How to use heal in a sentence.
HEAL definition: 1. to make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury: 2. If a bad situation or…. Learn more.
Synonyms for HEAL: rehabilitate, cure, fix, treat, repair, revive, relieve, alleviate; Antonyms of HEAL: hurt, wound, damage, injure, harm, impair, cripple, disable.
If a bad situation or painful emotion heals, it ends or improves, and if something heals it, it makes it end or improve: Peace talks were held to try to heal the growing rift between the two sides. A broken heart takes a long time to heal. Fewer examples.
to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful. Synonyms: soothe, compose. Antonyms: irritate. to free from evil; cleanse; purify:
a. To recover from an illness or injury; return to health. b. To experience relief from emotional distress: gave the grieving family time to heal. 2. To be relieved or eliminated: The rift between them finally healed. [Middle English healen, from Old English hǣlan; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.] heal′a·ble adj.
[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.