word-vault/dist/data/cards/he/heal.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "heal",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "heal",
            "heSheIt": "heals"
        },
        "pastSimple": "healed",
        "pastParticiple": "healed",
        "ingForm": "healing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to become healthy again; to make something healthy again",
            "sensetop": "heal upheal something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It took a long time for the wounds to heal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cut healed up without leaving a scar.",
                    "contextForm": "heal up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This will help to heal your cuts and scratches.",
                    "contextForm": "heal something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a chance to **heal the wounds** in the party *(= to repair the damage that had been done)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "properly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to cure somebody who is ill; to make somebody feel happy again",
            "sensetop": "heal somebody (of something)",
            "labels": "(old use or formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the story of Jesus healing ten lepers of their disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt healed by his love."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to put an end to something or make something easier to bear; to end or become easier to bear",
            "sensetop": "heal (something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was never able to heal the rift between herself and her father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The breach between them never really healed."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːl/",
                "audio": "he/heal/heal__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːlz/",
                "audio": "he/heal/heals__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːld/",
                "audio": "he/heal/healed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "he/heal/healing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːl/",
                "audio": "he/heal/heal__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːlz/",
                "audio": "he/heal/heals__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːld/",
                "audio": "he/heal/healed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːlɪŋ/",
                "audio": "he/heal/healing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hǣlan (in the sense ‘restore to sound health’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heelen and German heilen, also to whole."
}