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Healed

Definition: Healed

Healed

Adjective

1. Freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "healed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Healed

Synonyms: cured (adj), recovered (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Healed

English words defined with "healed": bellybandcurability, curablenessHealableImmedicable, improperly, incurability, incurableness, Insanableking's evilMary Magdalen, Mary Magdalene, MedicableSanable, St Mary Magdalen, St Mary Magdalene, Sursanureunhealed. (references)
Specialty definitions using "healed": FilomenaRaphu, RephaelSansjoyYoung. (references)

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Modern Usage: Healed

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You're healed. (Gone in Sixty Seconds; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)

The blade had a vitalizing effect on me. My physical energy no longer decayed over time and the wounds inflicted by my enemies healed almost instantly. (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

Well, it's healed up, but it was sort of red and crusty with little itchy places (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Yeah, it's pretty much healed. (Witness; writing credit: William Kelley; Earl W. Wallace)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Healed

DomainTitle

Books

  • Be Healed in Jesus' Name (reference)

  • Hope for the Separated: Wounded Marriages Can Be Healed (reference)

  • Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues With the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the Healed (reference)

  • Seattle: Bodies Are Mended and Hearts Healed in Four Complete Novels of Romance (reference)

  • To Be Healed by the Earth (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Healed

Computer Images:
Healed

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Photo Album: Healed

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Scar on skin of upper leg representing healed lesion of leishmaniasis.Credit: CDC.

The Lame Man healed by Peter & John. / Raphael d'Urbin pinx. E. Cooper ex. J. Simon fec.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

18. The Governor Who Healed the Sick (1640 A.D.) / Robert A. Thom.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Know him by this sign - the medical caduceus The wounds of war are not all healed / / Bartow Matteson, Lieut. U.S.A.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Healed

AuthorQuotation

Robert E. Lee

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

The Bible

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Healed

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Mucosal leishmaniasis might not be noticed until years after the original skin sores healed. (references)

Finally, the scientists wired the vertebrae to keep the spine in place while the area healed. (references)

Treatment is often extended over a number of weeks, until the skin lesions are completely healed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Healed

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989For the rest of my time, I shall do what I can to see that this wound is one day healed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Healed

"Healed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 66.11% of the time. "Healed" is used about 239 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)66.11%15824,965
Lexical Verb (past tense)25.52%6143,149
Adjective (general or positive)7.95%1980,337
Noun (proper)0.42%1339,140
                    Total100.00%239N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Healed

Expression using "healed": be healed. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "healed": half-healed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Healed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

healed sealed

8

healed sealed soda

7

to be healed

6

healed of cancer

5

healed schizophrenia

3

healed physical virginity

3

healed multiple sclerosis

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Healed

Language Translations for "healed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

愈合 (heal). (various references)

   

Danish

  

arret (healed crack). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

geheeld (healed crack). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

arpeuma (healed crack). (various references)

   

French

  

ulcère cicatrisé (healed ulcer), cicatrisé (healed crack). (various references)

   

German

  

geheilt (cured, cures, sanctified), verheilte, abgeheilt. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"תרפא (be cured, be healed, cure oneself, recover), ל"רפא (be cured, be healed, recover). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyógyult (cured, recovered, whole). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ulcera cicatrizzata (healed ulcer), cicatrizzato (healed crack). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

'える (to be healed, to recover). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いえる (to be healed, to recover). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

치 하". (various references)

   

Manx

  

slaneit (made whole), slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, absolutely, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, intact, integer, inviolate, perfect, sane, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, undivided, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, well, whole), couyrit (recovered). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealedhay

   

Portuguese

  

cicatrizado (cicatrizing, healed crack, scarred). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

излечивать;и)заживать заживающий. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cicatrizado (healed crack, scarred), úlcera en curación (healed ulcer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ärrad (healed crack). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

iyileşmiş (cicatriced, improved, on foot, reformed, up and about). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymiacha/u (become healed, get well). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Healed

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 19, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai hkolouqhsan autw ocloi polloi kai eqerapeusen autouV ekei
Latin405VulgateEt secutae sunt eum turbae multae et curavit eos ibi
Old English990West Saxon& him felgyde michele manega. & he hyge-hælde þær.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd moche people folowed him and he healed them theare.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Healed

LanguageMatthew Chapter 19, Verse 2
BulgarianИ големи множества вървяха подире Му; и Той ги изцели там.
CebuanoUg misunod kaniya ang mga dagkung panon sa katawhan, ug didto iyang giayo sila.
Chinese有 許 多 人 跟 著 他 . 他 就 在 那 裡 把 他 們 的 病 人 治 好 了 。
CroatianZa njim je išao silan svijet. Ondje ih izlijeèi.
DanishOg store Skarer fulgte ham, og han helbredte dem der.
DutchEn vele scharen volgden Hem, en Hij genas ze aldaar.
FinnishJa suuri kansan paljous seurasi häntä, ja hän paransi heitä siellä.
FrenchUne grande foule le suivit, et l il guérit les malades.
Germanund es folgte ihm viel Volks nach, und er heilte sie daselbst.
Haitian CreoleYon gwo foul moun t'ap swiv li. Lè l' rive, li geri malad yo.
HungarianÉs követé õt nagy sokaság, és meggyógyítá ott õket.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBanyak orang mengikuti Dia, dan Ia menyembuhkan mereka di situ.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka amatlah banyak orang mengikut Dia, lalu disembuhkan-Nya mereka itu di sana.
ItalianE lo seguì molta folla e col egli guarì i malati.
Korean큰 무 리 가 좇 거 늘 예 수 께 서 거 기 서 희 병 을 치 시 " 라
LatvianUn daudz ïauþu sekoja Viòam; un Viòð tos turpat dziedinâja.
Manx GaelicAs deiyr earrooyn mooarey dy leih er, ren eh ad y lheihys ayns shen.
MaoriHe rahi hoki te hui i aru i a ia; a whakaorangia ana ratou e ia i reira.
Modern GreekΚαι ηκολουθησαν αυτον οχλοι πολλοι, και εθεραπευσεν αυτους εκει.
NorwegianOg meget folk fulgte ham, og han helbredet dem der.
Portuguesee seguiram-no grandes multidões, e curou-os ali.   
RumanianDupq El au mers multe gloate; wi acolo a vindecat pe cei bolnavi.
RussianъБ оЙН ПУМЕ"ПЧБМП НОПЗП МА"ЕК, Й пО ЙУ"ЕМЙМ ЙИ ФБН.
ShuarUntsurí aents nemariarmiayi tura Jáiniancha pénker awajsamiayi.
SpanishGrandes multitudes le siguieron, y los sanó allí.
SwahiliWatu wengi walimfuata huko, naye akawaponya.
SwedishOch mycket folk följde honom, och han botade där de sjuka.
Thaiฝูงชนเป็นอันมากไ"้ตามพระองค์ไป แล้วพระองค์ทรงรักษาโรคของเขาให้หายที่นั่น
UkrainianА за Ним ішла безліч народу, і 'ін уздоровив їх тут.
UmaWori' tauna mpotuku' -i, pai' to peda' napaka'uri'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Healed

Derivations

Words ending with "healed": unhealed. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Healed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chealed, haele, Healis, healot, Healsey, heedled, heele, Heidel, Heilat, Heile, heiled, helated, helde, helled, herakleid, heraklid, herale, Hjaleh, hoiled, hualed, hyemale, mealed, shealed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Healed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "healed" (pronounced hē"ld)
4h ē" l dheeled.
3-ē" l dafield, appealed, concealed, congealed, field, peeled, reeled, repealed, resealed, revealed, sealed, shield, unconcealed, unsealed, wheeled, wield, yield.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Healed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-h-l"

-1 letter: haled.

-2 letters: alee, dahl, dale, deal, dele, dhal, hade, haed, hale, head, heal, heed, heel, held, lade, lead.

-3 letters: ale, dah, dal, dee, del, edh, eel, eld, had, hae, lad, lea, led, lee.

-4 letters: ad, ae, ah, al, de, ed, eh, el, ha, he, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-h-l"
 

+1 letter: exhaled, leached, leashed.

 

+2 letters: aldehyde, ashlered, bleached, bluehead, chelated, enhaloed, haltered, hanseled, headless, headline, heatedly, heralded, lathered, pleached, rehandle, shedable, unhealed, wellhead.

 

+3 letters: aldehydes, bechalked, blathered, blueheads, chandelle, channeled, chapleted, cheerlead, deathless, deathlike, ethylated, handseled, handwheel, hanselled, hatcheled, headlined, headliner, headlines, keelhaled, leasehold, leathered, rehandled, rehandles, shadeless, sheldrake, slathered, steelhead, swellhead, unleashed, wellheads.

 

+4 letters: adherently, adhesively, alchemized, alphabeted, baldheaded, barrelhead, bellyached, blasphemed, bubblehead, bufflehead, bullheaded, challenged, chandelier, chandelled, chandelles, channelled, cheerleads, coolheaded, dealership, dealfishes, decathlete, deshabille, detachable, detachedly, endothelia, enthralled, fiddlehead, handleable, handleless, handselled, handwheels, hatchelled, headliners, hemihedral, heraldries, heulandite, keelhauled, leadership, leaseholds, letterhead, loggerhead, longheaded, lunkheaded, methylated, overhandle, overhauled, phenolated, relaunched, sheldrakes, shellacked, sleepyhead, steelheads, swellheads, threadless, threadlike, turtlehead, unbleached, unheralded, wholesaled.

 

+5 letters: barrelheads, bubbleheads, buffleheads, cartwheeled, chandeliers, chandleries, channelized, cheerleader, chucklehead, cleanhanded, clearheaded, coldhearted, dealerships, deathlessly, decathletes, deshabilles, diencephala, endothelial, established, exhilarated, fatheadedly, fiddleheads, halfhearted, halogenated, heulandites, hexadecimal, hotheadedly, knucklehead, leaderships, leaseholder, leatherwood, letterheads, levelheaded, lightheaded, lionhearted, loggerheads, mentholated, multiheaded, neanderthal, overhandled, overhandles, paraldehyde, pentahedral, philandered, philanderer, pigheadedly, placeholder, psychedelia, rechanneled, rhabdocoele, shareholder, slaughtered, slaveholder, sleepyheads, stakeholder, swellheaded, telegraphed, tetrahedral, thermalized, turtleheads, ultraheated, unchanneled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Healed


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 61 6C 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .    .-    .-..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01100001 01101100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#97 &#108 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0061 006C 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427167787170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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