5. heal (of a wound, broken bone, etc.) to become whole or sound; mend (sometimes fol. by up or over).
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME helen, OE hæmacr;lan (c. OS hēlian, OHG heilan, ON heila, Go hailjan), der. of hālhale1, whole)
Definition of 'heal'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)mend, heal heal or recover "My broken leg is mending"
2. (verb)heal get healthy again "The wound is healing slowly"
3. (verb)bring around, cure, heal provide a cure for, make healthy again "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
1. (verb)heal to become or make healthy again It will take a week for the cut to heal.; herbs to heal the infection
2. heal to become or make peaceful or emotionally healthy again It takes time to heal after a divorce.; an attempt to heal the divisions between the tribes
Definition of 'heal'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)heal to cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like
2. (verb)heal to make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health
5. (verb)heal to reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions
6. (verb)heal 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
Sense: (often withup) (especially of cuts, wounds etc) to make or become healthy; to (cause to) return to a normal state or condition That scratch will heal (up) in a couple of days; this ointment will soon heal your cuts.