What does heal mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mend, healverb

    heal or recover

    "My broken leg is mending"

  2. healverb

    get healthy again

    "The wound is healing slowly"

  3. bring around, cure, healverb

    provide a cure for, make healthy again

    "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To HEALverb

    Etymology: halgan, Gothick; hælan, Saxon; heelen, Dutch.

    I will restore health, and heal thee of thy wounds. Jer. xxx.

    Who would not believe that our Saviour healed the sick, and raised the dead, when it was published by those who themselves often did the same miracles? Addison.

    Physicians, by just observations, grow up to an honourable degree of skill in the art of healing. Isaac Watts, Imp. of the Mind.

    Thou hast no healing medicines. Jer. xxx. 13.

    A fontanel had been made in the same leg, which he was forced to heal up, by reason of the pain. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    After separation of the eschar, I deterged and healed. Richard Wiseman.

  2. To Healverb

    To grow well. Used of wounds or sores.

    Those wounds heal that men do give themselves. William Shakespeare.

    Abscesses will have a greater or less tendency to heal, as they are higher or lower in the body. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

Wikipedia

  1. HEAL

    El Alamein International Airport (IATA: DBB, ICAO: HEAL) (Arabic: مطار العلمين الدولي‎ Maṭār El ʿAlamein El Dawli) is an international airport located in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. The airport is located at the Northern coast, 160 km (99 mi) west of Alexandria.

ChatGPT

  1. heal

    To heal means to restore health or to recover from damage, injury, or illness. This could refer to the physical recovery of a wound or sickness in a living organism, or metaphorically to the recovery of emotional, mental, or social harm or distress. It can also refer to the process of making whole, sound, or better any system, relationship, or situation that was previously in a state of harm or imbalance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Healverb

    to cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like

  2. Healverb

    to make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health

  3. Healverb

    to remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound

  4. Healverb

    to restore to original purity or integrity

  5. Healverb

    to reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions

  6. Healverb

    to grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over

  7. Healverb

    health

  8. Etymology: [See Hele.]

Wikidata

  1. Heal

    Heal is the fourth and final full-length studio album from the Arizona thrash metal band, Sacred Reich. It was released in February 1996 on Metal Blade Records and follows the 1993 album, Independent. The band's final album was a 1997 live recording, Still Ignorant, which saw the return of original drummer, Greg Hall.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Heal

    hēl, v.t. to make whole and healthy: to cure: to remove or subdue what is evil: to restore to soundness, to remedy, repair.—v.i. to grow sound:—pr.p. heal′ing; pa.p. healed.—adj. Heal′able.—ns. Heal′er; Heal′ing, the act or process by which anything is healed or cured: the power to heal.—adj. tending to cure, mild.—adv. Heal′ingly.—adj. Heal′some (Scot.), wholesome. [A.S. hǽlan, hál, whole; cf. Ger. heil, Dut. heel, Ice. heill; also Eng. hail, hale, whole.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HEAL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heal is ranked #14827 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Heal surname appeared 1,999 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Heal.

    81.2% or 1,624 total occurrences were White.
    10% or 201 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.5% or 111 total occurrences were Black.
    1.5% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.3% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.3% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of heal in a Sentence

  1. Austen Ivereigh:

    He's coming because it's part of the process that began with the restoration of relations, he's coming to heal wounds.

  2. An9e7 X:

    We live in a world which we destroy ,and showing that we will not recover." "Our wounds will heal, devastation disappear, if we solve our dilemma.

  3. Paul Hokemeyer:

    6 MYTHS ABOUT DATING OVER AGE 50, DEBUNKED Blaming outside factors, including you, does not count as taking responsibility. If they blame their partner or lack insight into their actions, chances are, they'll do it again, Sheri Meyers said. Why stay with a cheating spouse ? Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, a licensed marriage and couples therapist, told Fox News that couples who stay together after infidelity have compelling reasons to do so. They are invested in Your Relationship and don't want to throw away a history of success, the cheating event is either a one off occurrence or based on an implied understanding between partners. In other words, Sheri Meyers were both taking a break and agreed to date others at that time. 9 SIGNS SHE MAY BE CHEATING ON Sheri Meyers When a cheating spouse admits to being unfaithful, realizes the pain they've caused Sheri Meyers, and is willing to prove their commitment to the relationship every day, it is possible for a couple to heal and move past infidelity. Your Relationship will, no doubt, feel different. Your Relationship can find a new equilibrium, but Your Relationship will never go back to the way Your Relationship was before the cheating occurred. This is because our brain is wired to retain strong emotional experiences, Hokemeyer said. The partners have to find a new normal. One that doesn't ignore that the betrayal occurred while simultaneously finding a place for it in the narrative of Your Relationship. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS Tammy Nelson said the majority of people will know if Your Relationship is built to last through a breach of trust. Most people ultimately know when Your Relationship has a solid foundation and a loving connection — they know if Your Relationship can survive an affair.

  4. Pete Davidson:

    It takes like a month for it to heal. But like it's pretty much off this hand.

  5. President Donald Trump:

    We must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation and one family, acting with compassion and love, we will heal the sick, care for those in need, help our fellow citizens, and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before.

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  • Mawut Deng Majak
    Mawut Deng Majak
    it is to give hopes and reconcile on negative part your brother has been suffering through being dramatized by you..
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