/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
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Here the body part is the subject and gets well by itself.
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The past form is regular: heal, healed.
most sadness.
Heal is used about feelings as well as about the body.
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