heal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heal	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for heal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heal v heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" [syn: mend, heal] get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" Synonym(s): bring around, cure, heal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heal \Heal\, v. t. [See {Hele}.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]
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]:
Heal \Heal\, v. i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over. Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heal \Heal\, n. [AS. h[?]lu, h[?]l. See {Heal}, v. t.] Health. [Obs.] --Chaucer.