heal
pronunciation
How to pronounce heal in British English:
UK [hiːl]
How to pronounce heal in American English:
US [hiːl]
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- Verb:
- heal or recover
- get healthy again
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
Word Origin
- heal (v.)
- Old English hælan "cure; save; make whole, sound and well," from Proto-Germanic *hailjan (cognates: Old Saxon helian, Old Norse heila, Old Frisian hela, Dutch helen, German heilen, Gothic ga-hailjan "to heal, cure"), literally "to make whole," from PIE *kailo- "whole" (see health). Intransitive sense from late 14c. Related: Healed; healing.
Example
- 1. No wonder that incident took so much time to heal .
- 2. Things you can do to heal a broken heart !
- 3. But this is necessary step to heal .
- 4. A human fingertip can sometimes grow back and cuts often heal with minimal scarring .
- 5. Repentance is a prerequisite for reconciliation since a change of ways has to occur to heal grievances .