Meaning

3 senses

  1. (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

  2. (intransitive)To become better or healthy again.

    Bandages allow cuts to heal.

    verheilen, heilen, abheilen

    зажива́тьzaživátʹ, зажи́тьzažítʹ, зараста́тьzarastátʹ

    get healthy again

  3. (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 sentences

  1. Time heals all wounds.

    Час лікує всі рани. — glossboss

    ruВремя всё лечит. — krevedko

    deDie Zeit heilt alle Wunden. — lilygilder

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  2. It's going to heal.

    Це заживе. — deniko

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  3. It will heal.

    Загоїться. — deniko

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  4. The wound has not healed yet.

    deDie Wunde ist noch nicht verheilt. — MikeMolto

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  5. The wound is not yet healed.

    deDie Wunde ist noch nicht verheilt. — MikeMolto

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make better:
Русский
By meaning 2
make better:
become better:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
make better:
become better:

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, healed
Base formheal · to heal
3rd person singularheals
Present participlehealing
Past simplehealed
Past participlehealed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyheal
he, she, itheals

Past simpleLesson

all personshealed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave healed
he, she, ithas healed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill heal

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
become better:recoverB1mendB1get better
make better:cureB2make whole
Close in meaning
  • heal or recover:mend
  • provide a cure for, make healthy again:bring aroundcure

Word family

25 related words
Relatedhealinghealer
DerivedhealthA1allhealall-healingcrystal healinghealableheal-allhealandhealeehealfulhealing crisishealing lodgeheallessheal overhealsomeheal uphorsehealmishealouthealoverhealrehealselfhealself-healspiritual healing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
headwindheadwordheadyhealerhealingB1healthA1healthful
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