heal
To make better from a disease, wound, etcTo make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
» Time heals all wounds.
Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden.
Время всё лечит.
Время лечит все раны.
Час лікує всі рани.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
This bandage will help to heal your cut.
heilen
лечи́тьlečítʹ, вы́лечитьvýlečitʹ, излечи́тьizlečítʹ
лікува́тиlikuváty, ви́лікуватиvýlikuvaty, зцілюва́тиzciljuváty
provide a cure for, make healthy again
(intransitive)To become better or healthy again.
Bandages allow cuts to heal.
verheilen, heilen, abheilen
зажива́тьzaživátʹ, зажи́тьzažítʹ, зараста́тьzarastátʹ
get healthy again
(figuratively, transitive)To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
to heal dissensions
to heal a broken heart
Examples
228 sentencesTime heals all wounds.
Час лікує всі рани.
ruВремя всё лечит.
deDie Zeit heilt alle Wunden.
It's going to heal.
Це заживе.
It will heal.
Загоїться.
The wound has not healed yet.
deDie Wunde ist noch nicht verheilt.
The wound is not yet healed.
deDie Wunde ist noch nicht verheilt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”),From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole.
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Forms
heals, healing, healed, healedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonyms- heal or recover:mend
- provide a cure for, make healthy again:bring aroundcure
Word family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle