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healing

/ˈhiːlɪŋ/

healing noun: the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves. Also the present participle and gerund of heal.

Noun

healing (countable and uncountable, plural healings)

  1. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  2. An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  3. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

Also used as

healing is also the present participle and gerund of heal.

healing meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

healing in Tamil

குணப்படுத்துதல், குணமடைதல்

healing in Urdu

شفا یابی

healing in Bengali

নিরাময়

healing in Malayalam

രോഗശാന്തി, സൌഖ്യമാക്കൽ
More languagesFewer languages
healing in Kannada
ಗುಣಪಡಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಗುಣಪಡಿಸುವುದು
healing in Odia
ଆରୋଗ୍ଯ଼
healing in Arabic
شِفَاء šifāʔ
healing in Vietnamese
dưỡng thương

Forms of healing

pluralhealings

Origin of healing

From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”).

From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal + -ing.

Words formed from healing

Phrases with healing

Words that rhyme with healing

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Questions about healing

What does healing mean?
Healing means the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
What is healing in Tamil?
Healing in Tamil is குணப்படுத்துதல், குணமடைதல். See Healing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is healing?
Healing is a noun.
How do you pronounce healing?
Healing is pronounced /ˈhiːlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of healing?
The plural of healing is healings.

Words near healing in the dictionary

  1. Healey's first law of holes
  2. Healey's law
  3. Healeyfield
  4. healful
  5. healin'
  6. healing
  7. healing art
  8. healing arts
  9. healing blade
  10. healing crises
  11. healing crisis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: healing (page history and authors); healing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); healing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); healing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); healing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); healing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); healing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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