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heling

/ˈhiːlɪŋ/

heling is the present participle and gerund of hele.

Meaning of hele

Verb

hele (third-person singular simple present heles, present participle heling, simple past and past participle heled)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
    • … the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main.1893, Robert Steele, Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus, Online edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2004
  2. (especially, rare) To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).
    • At the time of earthing the potatoes by the double mould-plough, turnip seed is sown, and thus "heled;" the turnips arrive at maturity before the potatoes, and are pulled without damage to them.1861, The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 275

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Questions about heling

What is heling the present participle and gerund of?
Heling is the present participle and gerund of hele.
How do you pronounce heling?
Heling is pronounced /ˈhiːlɪŋ/.

Words near heling in the dictionary

  1. heliman
  2. helimans
  3. helimen
  4. helimerase
  5. helimerases
  6. heling
  7. helio
  8. helio-
  9. heliobacteria
  10. heliobacterial
  11. heliobacterium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heling (page history and authors); hele (page history and authors). 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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