heal

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

heal [heal heals healed healing] BrE [hiːl] NAmE [hiːl] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to become healthy again; to make sth healthy again
• It took a long time for the wounds to heal.
•~ up The cut healed up without leaving a scar.
•~ sth This will help to heal your cuts and scratches.
• (figurative)It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party (= to repair the damage that had been done).
2. transitive ~ sb (of sth) (old use or formal)to cure sb who is ill/sick; to make sb feel happy again
•the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease
•I felt healed by his love.
3. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to put an end to sth or make sth easier to bear; to end or become easier to bear
•She was never able to heal the rift between herself and her father.
•The breach between them never really healed.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English hǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to ↑whole.

Example Bank:
•The wound healed up very nicely.
•He told stories of Jesus healing the sick.
•It was a chance to heal the wounds in the party.
•The children were healed by a local witch doctor.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bring around, cure, mend