heal
verb (used with object)
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
healed
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past participleof heal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof heal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
healverb (used with object)to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
Example Sentences
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At the Shrine, though, each song was still a startling feat of storytelling — a raw wound that somehow hadn’t healed at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Their ribs had evidence of a partly healed wound, which archaeologists believe was probably caused by a stone-tipped spear.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
When his elbow healed, he dominated at the plate and on the mound in ways not even Babe Ruth could have imagined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
By day 24, 80% of the mice treated with ABT-263 had completely healed wounds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Titan had healed a bad wound on Percy’s shoulder just by touching it.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
