heal

CEFRB1

/ˈhiːl/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To become healthy again or make an injury better.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To become better or healthy again.

Examples

  • A sprain like this should heal within a week or so.

  • It took a long time for the wounds to heal.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈhɪi̯l]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.

  2. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.

More examples

In context

  • The cut will heal up in a few days.

  • This bandage will help to heal your cut.

  • Bandages allow cuts to heal.

Synonyms

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After applying the ointment, the wound began to blank over the next few days.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”).