English Explanatory Dictionary

heal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
  2. To become better or healthy again.
  3. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
noun
  1. A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment.
  2. Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points.
  3. health
verb
  1. Alternative form of hele (“conceal”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhiːl/ [ˈhɪi̯l] en-us-heal.ogg

Word forms

heal heals healing healed

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

cure make whole get better recover

Derived words

allheal all-heal all-healing crystal healing healable heal-all healand heal and draw healee healer healful healing crisis healing lodge healless heal over healsome health heal up healy-feely horseheal misheal overheal physician, heal thyself reheal selfheal self-heal spiritual healing time heals all wounds underheal healslut

Translations

Albanian: ngjall Albanian: shëroj Amharic: ዳነ Arabic: شَفَى Armenian: բուժել Aromanian: vindic Azerbaijani: sağaltmaq Belarusian: лячы́ць Belarusian: вы́лечыць Bulgarian: леку́вам Bulgarian: излеку́вам Bulgarian: церя́ Bulgarian: изцеря́вам Catalan: guarir Catalan: curar Catalan: remeiar Catalan: cicatritzar (una ferida) Chinese Mandarin: 醫治 /医治 Czech: léčit Czech: vyléčit Czech: uzdravit Dalmatian: medcur Dutch: genezen Dutch: helen Dutch: beter maken Esperanto: kuraci Finnish: parantaa French: guérir French: assainir Galician: sandar Galician: sarar Galician: gorescer Galician: guarir Galician: pensar Georgian: განკურნება Georgian: შეხორცება Georgian: მოკეთება German: heilen Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Greek: θεραπεύω Ancient Greek: ἀκέομαι Ancient Greek: ἰάομαι Ancient Greek: θεραπεύω Hebrew: שיפר \ שִׁפֵּר Hungarian: gyógyít Hungarian: meggyógyít Hungarian: begyógyít Ido: risanigar Irish: cneasaigh Italian: guarire Italian: sanare Japanese: 癒す Japanese: 治す Khmer: បន្សះ Khmer: ផ្សះ Korean: 치료하다 Korean: 고치다 Latin: sano Latin: medico Latin: curo Latin: medeor Latin: salvo Luxembourgish: heelen Macedonian: лечи Macedonian: излечи Macedonian: лекува Macedonian: излекува Māori: whakamahu Māori: haumanu Māori: whakareka Māori: whakaoraora Māori: whakamātūtū Marathi: बरे करणे Norwegian: hele Norwegian: kurere Norwegian Bokmål: helbrede Church Slavic: лѣчити Old English: hælan Old Saxon: helian
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