heal
/hiːl/verb
To cure an illness or injury, or to make a wound get better.
Example sentences
- “The doctor said the broken bone should heal within six weeks.”
- “Keep the cut clean so it can heal properly.”
A homophone of 'heel', a frequent typo pair. Wounds heal on their own, intransitively, or doctors heal them; 'cure' targets the disease, 'heal' the person.