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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The first known use of heal was before the 12th century
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