to heal

Examples

• All

• A new, flexible material is able to sense touch and heal itself from cuts.

  Blog text (6)

• I hope the system heals itself; it won't happen.

  Blog text (25)

• So the the Med Bay heals adjacent robots, two hit points per turn.

• Engineers can also import designs from a CAD system, but they may then need to modify or heal the geometry.

  Academic text (2003)

• Multiple strategies have been developed to heal ligament injuries via gene therapy, mostly via virus-based delivery.

  Academic text (2018)

• For example, self-healing plastics use material that has the ability to heal cracks when fractures occur.

  Academic text (2001)

• So, you've figured out a way... to reprogram nerve cells to self-heal?

  Doctor Strange (2016)

• When a system crashes, it has a built-in feature that automatically heals data corruption and restores everything to normal.

• The software includes a function that heals corrupted files, ensuring all documents remain intact after a failure.

Synonyms

R

to repair

vsto heal

365 1.0

To fix something that is broken or not working

is automatic computer recovery after failure rather than general manual fixing

M

to mend

vsto heal

41 1.2

Fix something that is broken or torn

is automatic digital recovery after failure rather than hands-on patching

R

to rehabilitate

vsto heal

9 4.9

To repair and return a building or system to good condition

is built-in automatic restoration of digital services after corruption not manual overhaul

S

to self-heal

vsto heal

1 4.4

To get better without help from doctors

is automated system recovery after corruption not natural biological recovery

Antonyms

F

to fail

370 2.2

Stop working properly, as a machine or part

C

to corrupt

• Specialized

39 5.2

To damage computer files so they cannot be read

Compounds

H

heal all

• US

9.8

A small woodland plant with yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits

H

heal-all

9.7

A small plant with blue flowers that people use in traditional medicine

S

self-heal

8.9

A low plant with small purple flowers that people use as a medicine

How Restored

to restore

219 3.5

to heal

• Specialized

11 7.0

to repair

365 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology