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heal¹

  • /ˈhiːl/
  • [ˈhɪi̯l]

Sounds like heel, he'll · Rhymes with -iːl

Where it comes from

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”).

verb heals · healing · healed

  1. transitive To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. This bandage will help to heal your cut.
  2. intransitive To become better or healthy again. Bandages allow cuts to heal.

    Similar: get better, recover, mend

  3. figuratively, transitive To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt. to heal dissensions

Similar: cure, make whole

noun heals

  1. countable A spell or ability that restores hit points or removes a status ailment. Also, various interesting spells have been added—for instance, with the Orb spell, you can circle a character, firing offensive bolts or casting heals, and free up a mage-type to cast other spells or even melee.
  2. countable, in plural, uncountable Healing; an instance of restoration of health or hit points. Give me heals! I need healing!
  3. obsolete, uncountable health

heal²

  • /ˈhiːl/
  • [ˈhɪi̯l]

Sounds like heel, he'll · Rhymes with -iːl

Where it comes from

See hele.

verb heals · healing · healed

  1. alternative, rare Alternative form of hele (“conceal”). "Heal, conceal and keep secret."

Heal³

Where it comes from

English surname, variant of Hale.

proper noun Heals

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cure, mend, repair, recover, remedy, redress, restore, regenerate, save, resolve, reconcile, solve, treat, close, overcome, ease

verb

Similar: cure, make whole

Translations

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verb make better

Españolcurar, sanar
한국어치료하다 chiryohada, 고치다 gochida
日本語治す naosu, 癒す iyasu
中文醫治 /医治 yīzhì
Kiswahilikuponya
Portuguêscurar, sanar, sarar
Françaisguérir, assainir
Deutschheilen
Italianoguarire, sanare
Ελληνικάθεραπεύω therapévo
Românăvindeca
Русскийлечи́ть lečítʹ, вы́лечить výlečitʹ, излечи́ть izlečítʹ, исцеля́ть isceljátʹ, исцели́ть iscelítʹ
Tiếng Việtthương, chữa thương, chữa lành
العربيةشَفَى šafā
עבריתשיפר \ שִׁפֵּר shipér

verb become better

Españolcurarse, curar, sanar, cicatrizar
한국어치료되다 chiryodoeda, 낫다 natda
日本語治る naoru
中文愈合 yùhé
Portuguêssarar
Françaisguérir
Deutschverheilen, heilen, abheilen
Italianoguarire
Ελληνικάαναρρώνω anarróno
Românăse vindeca
Русскийзажива́ть zaživátʹ, зажи́ть zažítʹ, зараста́ть zarastátʹ, зарасти́ zarastí
العربيةشُفِيَ šufiya, اِشْتَفَى ištafā
עבריתהשתפר hishtapér

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@misc{heal_2026,
  title = {heal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}