Kilo Lingo

/hiːl/

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Translation

To become well again, or to make a hurt part of the body well again.

Word origin

From Old English haelan, meaning to make whole again.

Origin
Old English
Root
haelan
English cognates
health

Grammar

Verb typeregular (heal, heals, healed)

Examples

.

Here the body part is the subject and gets well by itself.

.

The past form is regular: heal, healed.

most sadness.

Heal is used about feelings as well as about the body.

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This word is part of lesson 37.