heal
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- pronunciation:
- hil
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
heals, healing, healed |
| definition 1: |
When something heals you, it makes you whole or healthy again.
The vet told the family that this medicine will help heal their dog's skin condition.- synonyms:
- cure, repair
- similar words:
- nurse, remedy, treat
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| definition 2: |
When a part of your body heals, it becomes healthy or OK again.
The doctor says that Alex's broken leg is healing fast. He says that Alex can play basketball again pretty soon.- synonyms:
- recover
- similar words:
- improve, mend
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| related words: |
cure, mend, recover |
| derivation: |
healed (adj.) |
The words
heal and
heel, and the contraction
he'll (he will), sound alike but have different meanings.