verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wound heals
▪
The wound is healing nicely.
faith healing
heal...breach
▪
She wanted to help heal the breach between them.
healing powers
▪
The water was supposed to have healing powers.
healing/medicinal properties
▪
The old women know about the healing properties of local herbs.
heal...rifts
▪
He set out to heal the rifts in the party.
scars heal
▪
The mental scars will eventually heal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
completely
▪
My break was not completely healed and would be in plaster for a further two weeks.
▪
Harrick said he may hold Dollar out next week if doctors think it will allow his injured hand ligaments to heal completely .
▪
The cut on her brow seemed to have healed completely .
▪
But the spiritual wound never healed completely .
▪
The ulceration healed completely within two weeks and the patient was discharged on day 16.
▪
Although it will be a few weeks before her eye is completely healed , Muffin already was experiencing improved vision Thursday.
▪
She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely .
never
▪
But it seems their wounds will never heal .
▪
But the spiritual wound never healed completely.
▪
Attitudes toward active participation in the war opened deep fissures in the movement which, at the extreme, were never healed .
▪
We stop for the night in the middle of this scar tissue that will never heal .
▪
He was sometimes difficult, often distrustful and the scars of a thousand press knives have never healed .
▪
For her things would never heal , but for Marguerite time would lessen the pain and her memories would help.
▪
Those psychic scars would never heal .
▪
But finally, she would make of it an ulcer, a running sore that would never heal .
quickly
▪
His own wounds were healing quickly and the pain was almost gone.
▪
Doctors hope Christina's face will heal quickly and that she will be able to avoid plastic surgery.
▪
On the face and neck this usually takes 2-3 days as these areas heal quickly and early removal helps to reduce scarring.
▪
The scratches on his cheek had healed quickly and he had died unblemished.
■ NOUN
body
▪
Given half a chance, his body was healing , repairing itself.
▪
Homoeopathy, on the other hand, stimulates the body to heal itself and its use can be truly curative.
▪
In other words, if we could get our lives together, our bodies might heal themselves.
breach
▪
Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont?
▪
This is presumably because it is seldom possible to heal the breach that is usually created by fighting a legal battle.
division
▪
We have to continue to heal the racial divisions that still tear at our nation.
▪
President Eisenhower set out to heal the divisions in the nation.
▪
We are trying to heal the divisions , put the past behind us.
faith
▪
A person with faith prays for healing in the belief that healing can take place.
▪
People will always be sceptical about faith healing .
rift
▪
They have gone some way to healing their internal rifts .
▪
A few weeks later, the two old and broken men moved to heal their twenty-year rift .
▪
Understand the lesson in this for you, and heal the rift between you.
▪
Many in the legal profession hoped that the Committee would help heal the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.
▪
Laurie Mains is at the centre of efforts to heal the rift between players and media.
▪
Theo's visit was intended by both brothers to heal a rift which had developed between them.
time
▪
The scars of Bosnia will take a long time to heal .
▪
It was a time of healing .
▪
Some survive, of course: time heals a few wounds, wounds a few heels.
▪
That was a beautiful time , a healing time-the fresh lumber, the new beginning.
▪
But the wounds inflicted by the media will, it appears, take a long time to heal .
▪
But time has healed many wounds.
▪
It is the only emotion that takes time to heal .
▪
Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal .
ulcer
▪
This indicates that the stimulation of cell proliferation may not be the only factor in ulcer healing by sucralfate.
▪
Patients with incomplete ulcer healing after six weeks were reinvestigated by endoscopy at four week intervals.
▪
Patients were excluded if they had taken ulcer healing agents, antibiotics, or cytotoxic drugs within one week of endoscopy.
▪
They lack independence, may develop stiffness or even feel a failure because their ulcers do not heal .
▪
All of the patients had an improved ability to walk, reduced pain and improved ulcer healing .
week
▪
He said the nerve may take several weeks to heal .
▪
A slash from Siban's talons would have inflicted a wound which would have taken weeks to heal .
wound
▪
His own wounds were healing quickly and the pain was almost gone.
▪
The wound would immediately heal , the waste land become green, and the saving hero himself be installed as king.
▪
Peggy Monroe was young and her wounds had healed over.
▪
When they were injured, their wounds failed to heal .
▪
Bush said, for the agony to end, for the wounds to be healed .
▪
But it seems their wounds will never heal .
▪
She could return to the place of warmth, where all wounds would be healed .
■ VERB
begin
▪
The police investigation had passed, the wounds had begun to heal , normality had returned.
▪
As they begin to heal , will they regain their faith in humanity?
▪
Madra's wounds began to heal , but her voice did not come back.
▪
Bringing this to the light of day, she began the process of healing .
▪
Only at this point can we begin healing ourselves and our broken world.
help
▪
By speaking out about envy between women, comedy can play a part in helping us to heal it in ourselves.
▪
They have succeeded in business and are using their unique gifts to help and heal a wounded nation.
▪
Music has the power to help and to heal .
▪
He told them that new relationships could help them heal .
▪
Our parents search for strict guidelines to help heal their confused feelings towards us.
▪
It is your hope that because of your faith in St Francis he will help you and heal your donkey.
▪
That is supposed to create scar tissue which helps the tendon to heal .
▪
As a pastor, my job is to help and to heal the hurting person, even if you disagree with him.
need
▪
A magnanimous gesture from the founders of the Open Software Foundation is needed now to heal any lingering breeches in the industry.
▪
Receding or inflamed gums will need good nutrition to heal .
▪
We could discuss the fact that the Earth and his work environment need to be healed .
▪
Both said that doctors need to stand for healing and the preservation of life.
▪
They should take note of medical studies, which show some form of forgiveness is needed for scars to heal .
▪
The healers themselves always needed healing , as their own naked bodies blistered in the sun.
▪
Our inner wounds need to be healed .
try
▪
Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont?
▪
We are trying to heal the divisions, put the past behind us.
▪
Oh, and Mashburn and team officials argued for weeks about whether he should undergo knee surgery or try healing through rest.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
holistic medicine/treatment/healing etc
▪
Finding a therapist to help you Many complementary therapies exist which are concerned with holistic healing.
▪
Herbalism: a holistic treatment involving the use of herbal remedies specifically chosen and blended for different conditions.
▪
In the centre, we record part of my daily routine for self-help holistic medicine which includes pectoral muscle exercises.
▪
It is usually called holistic medicine or holistic health.
▪
Paracelsus's influence on homoeopathy and holistic medicine is genuine, but the paracelsian legacy is much wider.
▪
She sent him books on holistic medicine and nutrition.
▪
The concepts of self-defense and self-repair are central contributions of holistic medicine.
▪
The second axiom of holistic medicine is that each person is unique and each program must be individualized.
time is a great healer/heals all wounds
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
A sprain usually takes longer to heal than a broken bone.
▪
Madame Bernice claimed to be able to heal people simply by laying her hands on their bodies.
▪
They believe they have healed themselves using the "power of the mind."
▪
This cream is good for healing minor cuts and bruises.
▪
We've seen dozens of marriages failed and families healed here at the center.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
But those who have clearly not been healed do not appear discouraged.
▪
Early on the ninth night, he tells us, the crucial healing dance began.
▪
Given half a chance, his body was healing, repairing itself.
▪
Some survive, of course: time heals a few wounds, wounds a few heels.