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UK
/hˈiːl/
]
[ US /ˈhiɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈhiɫ/ ]
VERB
-
provide a cure for, make healthy again
The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
The treatment cured the boy's acne -
heal or recover
My broken leg is mending -
get healthy again
The wound is healing slowly
How To Use heal In A Sentence
- The critics call its recipes bland, unhelpful, unoriginal and unhealthy. The Sun
- We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
- I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
- I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times
- The committee will publish their report on the health service in a few weeks.
- Looking radiantly healthy - in contrast to her wan mien of recent months - she lucidly defended herself the interviewers tried to extract an apology from her.