| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. So as to heal or cure.[Websters]
2. In a satisfying manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a smouldering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a sanitized manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a remedial or curative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a medicinal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a polished manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a scared manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a restorative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective healing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Healing) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb heal.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (heal) | 1. Heal or recover.[Wordnet]. 2. Get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly".[Wordnet]. 3. Provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to".[Wordnet]. 4. To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.[Websters]. 5. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.[Websters]. 6. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.[Websters]. 7. To restore to original purity or integrity.[Websters]. 8. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.[Websters]. 9. To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: healing, healed, heals, healer, healers, healingly and healedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HEALINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
Specialty Definition: heal
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To cure of a disease or wound and restore to soundness, or to that state of body in which the natural functions are regularly performed; as, to heal the sick. Speak, and my servant shall be healed. Matt.8.. | 2: [Verb] To cure; to remove or subdue; as, to heal a disease.. | 3: [Verb] To cause to cicatrize; as, to heal a sore or wound.. | 4: [Verb] To restore to soundness; as, to heal a wounded limb.. | 5: [Verb] To restore purity to; to remove feculence or foreign matter. Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings.2.. | 6: [Verb] To remove, as differences or dissension; to reconcile, as parties at variance; as, to heal a breach or difference.. | 7: [Verb] In Scripture, to forgive; to cure moral disease and restore soundness. I will heal their backsliding. Hos.14.. | 8: [Verb] To purify from corruptions, redress grievances and restore to prosperity. Jer.14.. | 9: [Verb] To cover, as a roof with tiles, slate, lead, &c.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Religion | Human Exposure Assessment Location. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To become better. "Band-aids allow cuts to heal." (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To make better; to revive, recover, or cure. "This band-aid will heal your cut." (references) | |
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Common Expressions: heal
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Heal all | 1: Common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: Decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Marc Heal | Marc Heal is one of the most prolific and influential artist of industrial music, mixing metal and techno with industrialized sounds, at the same time displaying extrovert behaviour, somewhat unusual in this genre of music. (references) | ||
| Shane Heal | Shane Heal (born September 6 1971 in Victoria, Australia) is a former professional and Olympics basketball player. His career highlights included representing the Boomers at a number of Olympics and world championships, a brief stints in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, and winning the 2002/2003 National Basketball League championship with the Sydney Kings. He retired soon after. Heal also played for the Brisbane Bullets early in his career. (references) | ||
| Sylvia Heal | Sylvia Lloyd Heal (born 20 July 1942, Wales as Sylvia Lloyd Fox) is a British politician. She is Labour member of Parliament for the constituency of Halesowen and Rowley Regis. She was first elected to Parliament in a 1990 by-election for Mid Staffordshire, but failed to retain the seat at the 1992 election. She re-entered Parliament in 1997. She now serves as a Deputy Speaker. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: heal
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Heal over | Biology & Biotechnology | Wound tissue and new cambium from which new xylem overgrows the wound. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Physician, heal Thyself | Literature | "First cast out the beam from thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote which is in thy brother's eye." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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