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# heal

«heal» in Mova's school dictionary: **to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (heal, heals, healed, healing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#m1)

2) To heal someone means to make them well again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#m2)

3) To heal can also mean to make bad feelings or a quarrel better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, the body heals itself: blood forms a scab over a cut, and new skin grows underneath; broken bones heal in a cast in weeks. Keeping a wound clean helps it heal; picking a scab slows it down. In feelings lessons, sad feelings heal with time and kindness. Phrases: heal up, heal over, take time to heal, healing.

### examples

- The cut on my knee healed in a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x1)
- Don't pick your scab, or it won't heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x2)
- A broken arm takes about six weeks to heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x3)
- Doctors and nurses help people heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x4)
- Keep the wound clean so it heals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x5)
- Time helped heal her sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x6)
- They said sorry and the friendship healed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x7)
- Aloe vera gel can help sunburn heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x8)
- A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/#x9)

### note

Do not confuse with «heel» (the back of your foot) or «he'll» (he will); all three sound the same. Regular verb: healed, healing. Noun: healing; a healer is someone who heals.

### In the corpora

- [Some Smilodon skeletons show healed injuries, so scientists think they may have lived in groups, though this is still argued about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/7/)
- [Bones are alive, with blood vessels and cells that rebuild them, so a broken bone can heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/6/)
- [Wounds inside the mouth heal faster than wounds on the skin, helped by saliva and a good blood supply.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/14/)
- [A broken growth plate needs a doctor's care, because if it heals badly that bone may grow less.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/359-bones-by-name-hips-legs-and-feet-and-the-extra-bones-of-a-baby/14/)
- [Yet when the world agreed to act, the ozone layer began to heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/33-the-air-we-breathe/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.