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heal

/ heal /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
get healthy again
"The wound is healing slowly"
Type of:
better improve ameliorate
Kinds of:
scab skin over granulate
Derived:
healing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s INFINITIVE
verb Sense 2
heal or recover
"My broken leg is mending"
Type of:
better improve ameliorate
Derived:
healing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
provide a cure for, make healthy again
"The treatment cured the boy''s acne"
"The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
Type of:
help aid
Kinds of:
recuperate
Derived:
therapist healer remedy curative cure
Entails:
treat care for
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
medicine practice of medicine
Semantic Complexity
34%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
21
Times Searched
3
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better improve ameliorate scab skin over granulate help aid recuperate