Pronunciation

/hiːl/

Definitions

• Noun: The process of becoming healthy again after being injured or sick; restoration to health. Example: “The patient’s quick healing amazed the doctors.”
• Verb: (1) To make (a person or animal) healthy again after an injury or illness; to cure. Example: “She healed the wounded soldiers with her herbal remedies.” (2) To restore (an object or place) to its original state after damage. Example: “Time can heal emotional wounds.”

Phrases

• “To heal from something”: To recover from an injury or illness. Example: “It took her months to heal from the surgery.”
• “Healing process”: The period of time during which recovery takes place after an injury, illness, or emotional trauma.
• “Heal over”: (Of a wound) to close up and start to repair itself. Example: “The cut has healed over nicely.”

Example Sentences

• Noun: “Physical exercise is an essential part of the healing journey.”
• Verb: “Herbal medicine helped to heal his broken bones faster than expected.”

Synonyms

• Cure
• Recover
• Treat
• Restore
• Mend
• Soothe
• Heal up
• Convalesce
• Remediate

Antonyms

• Injure
• Harm
• Damage
• Wound
• Sickening
• Aggravate