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HEEL/hiːl/

Heal means a wound or illness gets better: the cut will heal, heal quickly, time to heal. Cure often means make a disease go away with treatment. Treat is what doctors do. Heel is the back of the foot — a classic spelling mix-up. Health is the noun for being well. Past: healed.

Meaning

To become healthy again, or to make a wound better.

Examples

• “The cut will heal in a few days.”
• “Keep the plaster on until the cut starts to heal.”
• “Her hip took weeks to heal after the fall.”

Good to know

a cut/wound will heal. Doctors: treat / cure. Mix-up: heel (foot). Noun: health.

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