heal

heal
1. verb
a) To make better; to revive, recover, or cure.

This band-aid will heal your cut.

b) To become better.

Band-aids allow cuts to heal.


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  • Heal — may refer to: * Healing, the process of repair and regeneration of damaged organic tissue. * Heal (album) , the Sacred Reich album. * Heal (magazine) , a consumer magazine for cancer survivors published by CURE Media Group. People: * Shane Heal,… …   Wikipedia

  • heal — [hi:l] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: hAlan] 1.) also heal up if a wound or a broken bone heals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again ▪ It took three months for my arm to heal properly. 2.) to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • heal — [ hil ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive if an injury heals, the skin or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again: The wound took a long time to heal. a ) transitive to make a part of the body healthy again after an injury: Vitamin K is needed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • heal — heal·able; heal·er; heal·some; horse·heal; heal; heal·ing·ly; …   English syllables

  • Heal! — Студийный альбом Disbelief …   Википедия

  • Heal — (h[=e]l), v. i. 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. [1913 Webster] Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heal — Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Healed} (h[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Healing}.] [OE. helen, h[ae]len, AS. h[=ae]lan, fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[=e]lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See {Whole}.] 1. To make hale, sound, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heal — Heal, n. [AS. h[=ae]lu, h[=ae]l. See {Heal}, v. t.] Health. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heal up — ˌheal ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they heal up he/she/it heals up present participle healing up past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heal — (h[=e]l), v. t. [See {Hele}.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heal — (v.) O.E. hælan cure; save; make whole, sound and well, from P.Gmc. *hailjan (Cf. O.S. helian, O.N. heila, O.Fris. hela, Du. helen, Ger. heilen, Goth. ga hailjan to heal, cure ), lit. to make whole (see HEALTH (Cf. health)). Related …   Etymology dictionary

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