Definitions for heal
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To HEALverb

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

   1. To cure a person; to restore from hurt or sickness.

   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.

   2. To cure a wound or distemper.

   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.

   3. To perform the act of making a sore to cicatrize, after it is cleansed.

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

   4. To reconcile: as, he healed all dissensions.

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

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.]

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. heal

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2. HEAL

   What does HEAL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HEAL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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Anagrams for heal »

1. hale

2. leah

How to pronounce heal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say heal in sign language?

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. Thenmozhi Soundararajan:

   It’s my ancestors’ wildest dreams to see their daughter be able to dream bigger than the oppression and to also create a platform for us to heal.

2. Kevin Gilliland:

   In order for our hearts to heal, forgiveness is essential. Realize that forgiveness is for us, not them. It is unfortunate that someone caused us harm but holding on to the negative feelings towards that person is only hurting ourselves. Forgiveness takes practice and is not always a one-time decision, we may need to forgive some offenses every day, until we start remembering the offense less and less.

3. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   I think we saw a lot more of what Baltimore is about, we saw people coming together to reclaim our city, to clean our city and to help heal our city. I think this can be our defining moment.

4. Keith Ellison:

   You ca n’t heal a dirty wound, and when there’s little trust, sadly there’s little safety.

5. Tim Wolfe:

   This is not -- I repeat, not -- the way change should come about. Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation, use my resignation to heal and start talking again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heal
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=heal
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heal
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=heal
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=heal
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=heal