healed; healing; heals
Definition of heal
1a
: to make free from injury or disease : to make sound or whole
heal a wound
b
: to make well again : to restore to health
heal the sick
2a
: to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome : mend
the troubles … had not been forgotten, but they had been healed— William Power
b
: to patch up or correct (a breach or division)
heal a breach between friends
3
: to restore to original purity or integrity
healed of sin
: to become free from injury or disease : to return to a sound state
The cut has already healed.
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