1 ~ (up) to become healthy again; to make sth healthy again:
[V] It took a long time for the wounds to heal. * The cut healed up without leaving a scar. * [VN] This will help to heal your cuts and scratches. * (figurative) It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party (= to repair the damage that had been done).
2 [VN] ~ sb (of sth) (old use or formal) to cure sb who is ill; to make sb feel happy again:
the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease * I felt healed by his love.
3 to put an end to sth or make sth easier to bear; to end or become easier to bear:
[VN] She was never able to heal the rift between herself and her father. * [V] The breach between them never really healed.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for heal is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is heal a noun, verb, or something else?
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