heal
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++heal /hiːl/ ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 (also heal up)HEALTHY if a wound or a broken bone heals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again （使）〔伤口或断骨〕长好，愈合 It took three months for my arm to heal properly. 我的胳膊三个月之后才痊愈。2 CUREto make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer 〔尤指通过自然力量或祈祷〕医治；治愈 → cure a preacher who claims that he can heal the sick 自称可以治病的传道士3 to become mentally or emotionally strong again after a bad experience, or to help someone to do this 〔在精神或感情上〕（使）复原，（使）坚强起来 The trauma of divorce can often be healed by successful remarriage. 离婚带来的创伤常常能通过后来的美满再婚治愈。4 ARGUEif an argument or disagreement between people heals or you heal it, the people stop arguing or disagreeing 消除（分歧）heal the wounds/breach/division/rift Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society. 我们的最大目标必定是消除社会分歧。 The rift between the two younger men never healed. 两个较年轻者之间的裂痕从未得以弥合。5.heal over phrasal verb HEALTHYif a wound or an area of broken skin heals over, new skin grows over it and it becomes healthy again 〔伤口或破损的皮肤〕愈合，痊愈→ See Verb table
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heal• Some survive, of course: time heals a few wounds, wounds a few heels.• Early on the ninth night, he tells us, the crucial healing dance began.• But those who have clearly not been healed do not appear discouraged.• We've seen dozens of marriages failed and families healed here at the center.• This cream is good for healing minor cuts and bruises.• Madame Bernice claimed to be able to heal people simply by laying her hands on their bodies.• Given half a chance, his body was healing, repairing itself.• A sprain usually takes longer to heal than a broken bone.• They believe they have healed themselves using the "power of the mind."heal the wounds/breach/division/rift• Re-creating a painful relationship from your childhood, in hope of healing the wounds?• Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont?• Many in the legal profession hoped that the Committee would help heal the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.• Understand the lesson in this for you, and heal the rift between you.• President Eisenhower set out to heal the divisions in the nation.• We are trying to heal the divisions, put the past behind us.• A: It is going to still be difficult to heal the wounds that the war left.• It would take much more to heal the wounds to her heart.Origin heal Old English hælanheal verbChinese
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heal /hiːl/
verb [intransitive and transitive]
It took three months for my arm to heal properly.
2. to make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer ⇨ cure:
a preacher who claims that he can heal the sick
3. to become mentally or emotionally strong again after a bad experience, or to help someone to do this:
The trauma of divorce can often be healed by successful remarriage.
4. if an argument or disagreement between people heals or you heal it, the people stop arguing or disagreeing
heal the wounds/breach/division/rift
Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.
The rift between the two younger men never healed.
heal over phrasal verb
if a wound or an area of broken skin heals over, new skin grows over it and it becomes healthy again
▪ cure to make someone who has an illness completely well again or to stop a disease making someone ill - used especially about drugs or other treatments: Many cancer victims can be cured if the disease is detected early enough.
▪heal to cure someone - used especially when someone cures people using special religious powers, rather than using medicine. Also used when saying that a cream or treatment makes a wound better: He claimed that he could heal the sick. | This cream is good for healing minor cuts and bruises.
▪make somebody (feel) better to make someone who is ill well again, especially when they have an illness that is not very serious: The pills did make me feel better.
▪relieve/ease (also alleviate formal) to reduce someone’s pain or unpleasant feelings: Aspirin will help to relieve the symptoms. | I can give you something to alleviate the pain.
heal /hiːl/
verb [intransitive and transitive] Language: Old English
Origin: hælan
1. (also heal up) if a wound or a broken bone heals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again:Origin: hælan
2. to make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer ⇨ cure:
3. to become mentally or emotionally strong again after a bad experience, or to help someone to do this:
4. if an argument or disagreement between people heals or you heal it, the people stop arguing or disagreeing
heal the wounds/breach/division/rift
heal over phrasal verb
if a wound or an area of broken skin heals over, new skin grows over it and it becomes healthy again
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