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self-heal

self-heal verb: to heal itself, or by itself. Also the alternative spelling of selfheal.

Verb

self-heal (third-person singular simple present self-heals, present participle self-healing, simple past and past participle self-healed)

  1. (intransitive) To heal itself, or by itself.
    • A self-healing cutting mat has a durable vinyl surface that bounces back from blade marks and cuts […]2015, Sally J. Shim, Be Mine: 25 Paper Projects to Share the Love, page 18

Also used as

self-heal is also the alternative spelling of selfheal.

Forms of self-heal

Verb
third-person singular presentself-heals
present participleself-healing
past participleself-healed
pastself-healed
Noun
pluralself-heals

Origin of self-heal

From self- + heal.

Questions about self-heal

What does self-heal mean?
Self-heal means to heal itself, or by itself.
What part of speech is self-heal?
Self-heal is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-heal?
The past tense of self-heal is self-healed.

Words near self-heal in the dictionary

  1. self-hating
  2. self-hating Jew
  3. self-hating Jews
  4. self-hatred
  5. self-hatreds
  6. self-heal
  7. self-healed
  8. self-healing
  9. self-heals
  10. self-heating
  11. self-helixing

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