healed
/hiːl/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈild] /hiːl/ (ame, ipa)
healed — verb
- healedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- healeds3rd person singular
- healeding-ing form
- healededpast simple
1. If a cut, broken bone, or other physical injury heals, the damaged part of the b
If a cut, broken bone, or other physical injury heals, the damaged part of the body returns to its normal condition; if a doctor or treatment heals someone, it makes the body whole again.
The deep cut on Eric's hand healed within two weeks.
intransitive: [wound] heals
Amihan's broken ankle has finally healed after three months in a cast.
The village doctor healed dozens of soldiers with simple herbs and clean bandages.
The burn on Lakshmi's arm healed slowly because the wound kept getting infected.
Noa's grandmother believes that warm soup helps the body heal faster.
- worsen
of a wound getting more serious instead of closing
文法句型
[wound] heals
heal + [person/wound]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a physical injury (cut, wound, bone, bruise) or the person who has the injury. Often takes time adverbials such as 'within days', 'in two weeks', 'slowly'.
常見錯誤
2. If a painful feeling, sad memory, or damaged relationship heals, the hurt gradua
If a painful feeling, sad memory, or damaged relationship heals, the hurt gradually goes away; if something or someone heals it, the bad feeling or division is repaired over time.
Time has not yet healed the grief Antonia feels over losing her mother.
transitive: time heals + [grief / pain]
The two brothers finally healed their long quarrel over their father's farmland.
transitive: heal + [rift / quarrel]
The wound between the two villages slowly healed after years of shared festivals.
Writing letters to Emre helped Iris heal after the painful breakup last spring.
Honest conversation can heal the trust broken by years of silence.
- worsen
of a rift or grief becoming deeper
文法句型
[emotion/situation] heals
heal + [rift/wound/grief]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here the subject or object is abstract — grief, anger, a rift, a memory — not a physical wound. Often used with 'time' as subject ('time heals all wounds').