healed; healing; heals
1
a
: to make free from injury or disease : to make sound or whole
heal a wound
b
: to make well again : to restore to health
heal the sick
2
a
: to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome : mend
the troubles … had not been forgotten, but they had been healed—
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b
: to patch up or correct (a breach or division)
heal a breach between friends
3
: to restore to original purity or integrity
healed of sin
: to become free from injury or disease : to return to a sound state
The cut has already healed.
Examples of heal in a Sentence
You've got to give the injury time to heal.
After the divorce, he needed some time to heal.
The ointment will help heal the wound.
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—Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
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Time heals all, and with the help of some of the world's most powerful people, the city will get through this and heal once and for all.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
For most of the past two-plus years, the market has paused and retrenched before going into full momentum-froth mode, healing itself, but hard to say if that pattern will continue.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
The team at Iron Mountain that researched bathing traditions around the world says Gallo-Romans enjoyed restorative soaks in the healing Vichy Waters during the third century A.D. and dedicated the hot springs to Venus, the God of Beauty.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025
Time heals all, and with the help of some of the world's most powerful people, the city will get through this and heal once and for all.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Heal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heal. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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heal
verb
: to make or become healthy or whole
heal the sick
a cut that heals slowly
Medical Definition
heal
transitive verb1
: to make sound or whole especially in bodily condition
2
: to cure of disease or disorder
heal injured tissues
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