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[ verb ] heal or recover

Synonyms

mend

Examples

"My broken leg is mending"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

His arm had been giving him some trouble and Rector was not enough of a medical expert to determine whether it had healed improperly or whether Hino was simply rebelling against the tedious work in the print_shop , using the stiffness in his arm as an excuse .

Related terms

better healing

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[ verb ] get healthy again

Examples

"The wound is healing slowly"

Used in print

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Bevo was congratulated for his efforts to stay in shape so_that he could help the team if his knee healed in_time .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17314
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[ verb ] provide a cure for, make healthy again

Synonyms

cure bring_around

Examples

"The treatment cured the boy's acne" "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

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