heal

heal
heal [ hil ] verb **
1. ) intransitive if an injury heals, the skin or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again:
The wound took a long time to heal.
a ) transitive to make a part of the body healthy again after an injury:
Vitamin K is needed by the body for healing cuts and bruises.
b ) intransitive or transitive to make someone healthy again after they have been sick, especially using methods other than medicine:
The body will heal itself if given the chance.
c ) intransitive or transitive if emotional problems heal, or something heals them, you become happy again:
She realized that the pain of her loss had never truly healed.
d ) transitive to repair damage to land:
Nature has started to heal the scars left by the mines.
2. ) transitive to make people stop fighting and have a better relationship:
He said it was time for the country's wounds to be healed.
heal a rift/division/breach: The meeting was called in an effort to heal the rift between the two presidents.
,heal `over phrasal verb intransitive
if an injury heals over, new skin forms over it and it becomes healthy again
,heal `up phrasal verb intransitive
if an injury heals up, the skin or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again:
The cut wasn't healing up the way it should.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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