Heal

Quick meaning: Heal is a verb meaning (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

Meaning

(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
2. (transitive, figurative) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
3. (roleplaying games, countable) A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
4. (roleplaying games, video games, in the plural) Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.
5. (obsolete, uncountable) health
6. (rare) Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).

Example Sentences

to heal dissensions

to heal a broken heart

Bandages allow cuts to heal.

This bandage will help to heal your cut.

Word Forms

• heals
• healing
• healed

Synonyms for heal

Depending on context, synonyms include cure, recover, mend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cure, mend, repair, recover, remedy, redress.

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