healing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: healing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for healing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
healing adj tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" Synonym(s): curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic n the natural process by which the body repairs itself
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heal \Heal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Healed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Healing}.] [OE. helen, h[91]len, AS. h[d6]lan, fr. h[be]l hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. h[emac]lian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See {Whole}.] 1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health. Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. --Matt. viii. 8. 2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound. I will heal their backsliding. --Hos. xiv. 4. 3. To restore to original purity or integrity. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. --2 Kings ii. 21. 4. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Healing \Heal"ing\, a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words. Here healing dews and balms abound. --Keble.