heal

If an injury gets better, damaged skin or tissue grows together again.

• The cut healed quickly.
• Her broken arm is healing well.
• Has the wound healed completely?

Similar words: mend, close up

Common phrases: heal completely, heal slowly, heal over

To become healthy again, or return to a good condition after damage.

• Your cut will heal soon.
• Her broken leg healed well.
• Some wounds take months to heal.

Similar words: recover, mend

Common phrases: heal slowly, heal completely, wounds heal

To become healthy again after an illness or injury, or make an illness or injury better.

• Your body needs time to heal.
• The treatment helped heal his injuries.
• She is slowly healing from the accident.

How to use it: heal from something (Her body needs time to heal from the injury.)

Similar words: recover, get better, cure

Common phrases: heal from something, heal an injury, heal naturally

To make a person or animal healthy again after an illness or injury.

• They hoped to heal the injured dog.
• The story describes a woman who healed the sick.
• Good care helped heal the patient.

Similar words: cure, make well

Common phrases: heal someone, heal the sick, heal an animal

To end a disagreement or help people feel united and at peace again.

• We must heal this division.
• The agreement healed a long dispute.
• Forgiveness can heal the wounds between friends.

Similar words: reconcile, repair

Common phrases: heal a rift, heal divisions, heal something

An action in a game that gives a player back some lost health.

• I need a heal now.
• Her spell gave us a powerful heal.
• Save your heals for the final battle.

Common phrases: a quick heal, cast a heal, need a heal