Heal Healed Wounds Hiːl Chance Make Healing Verb

• it took a long time for the wounds to heal.
• the cut healed up without leaving a scar.
• this will help to heal your cuts and scratches.
• it was a chance to heal the wounds in the party (= to repair the damage that had been done).

heal

1. to become healthy again; to make something healthy again
• It took a long time for the wounds to heal.
• The cut healed up without leaving a scar.
• This will help to heal your cuts and scratches.
• It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party (= to repair the damage that had been done).
2. to cure somebody who is ill/sick; to make somebody feel happy again
• See related entries: Medical equipment
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• the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease
• I felt healed by his love.
3. to put an end to something or make something easier to bear; to end or become easier to bear
• She was never able to heal the rift between herself and her father.
• The breach between them never really healed.

Extra Examples

• The wound healed up very nicely.
• He told stories of Jesus healing the sick.
• It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party.
• The children were healed by a local witch doctor.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they heal
• he / she / it heals
• past simple healed
• past participle healed
• -ing form healing

Word Origin

• Old English hǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to whole.