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- [heel]
- /hil/
- /hiːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [heel]
- /hil/
Definitions of heal word
- verb with object heal to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment. 1
- verb with object heal to bring to an end or conclusion, as conflicts between people or groups, usually with the strong implication of restoring former amity; settle; reconcile: They tried to heal the rift between them but were unsuccessful. 1
- verb with object heal to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul. 1
- verb without object heal to effect a cure. 1
- verb without object heal (of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to become whole or sound; mend; get well (often followed by up or over). 1
- noun heal (of a person or treatment) cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again. 1
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Origin of heal
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English helen, Old English hǣlan (cognate with Dutch helen, German heilen, Old Norse heila, Gothic hailjan), derivative of hāl hale1, whole
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Parts of speech for Heal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
heal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
heal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heal
verb heal
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- restore — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- regenerate — to effect a complete moral reform in.
Antonyms for heal
verb heal
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
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