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HEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide a cure for, make healthy again

Example:

The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to

Synonyms:

bring around; cure; heal

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "heal" is one way to...):

aid; help (improve the condition of)

"Heal" entails doing...:

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heal"):

recuperate (restore to good health or strength)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

healer (a person skilled in a particular type of therapy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get healthy again

Example:

The wound is healing slowly

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "heal" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heal"):

scab (form a scab)

skin over (grow new skin over an injury)

granulate (form granulating tissue)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody's (body part) ----s

Derivation:

healing (the natural process by which the body repairs itself)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Heal or recover

Example:

My broken leg is mending

Synonyms:

heal; mend

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "heal" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

healing (the natural process by which the body repairs itself)

Credits

 Context examples: 

CAM may include dietary supplements, megadose vitamins, herbal preparations, special teas, acupuncture, massage therapy, magnet therapy, spiritual healing, and meditation.

(CAM, NCI Dictionary)

It may take a few weeks to many months to heal completely.

(Ankle Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Together these processes may accelerate skin healing and tissue repair.

(Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

He heals other characters, reported the professor, who comes from the Amazonas state.

(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)

Aluminum acetate is used to treat inflammation, itching, and stinging of the infected skin and promotes healing.

(Aluminum Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

By applying the protein directly to fractured bones, researchers showed they could improve the healing and strength of bones in diabetics.

(Protein Discovery Could Help Heal Bones in Diabetics, VOA)

This can trigger the production of chemicals in spinal cord neurons that make pain persist beyond the healing period.

(Opioid Pain Relievers May Prolong Pain, NIH)

The clays may shift the wound environment to a pH range that favors healing, while killing invading bacteria.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

Aluminum lactate is used to treat inflammation, itching, and stinging of the infected skin and promotes healing.

(Aluminum Lactate, NCI Thesaurus)

Amlexanox decreases the time ulcers take to heal as well as the pain associated with the ulcers.

(Amlexanox, NCI Thesaurus)