"healing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-healing.ogg Forms: healings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heelinge}} Middle English heelinge, {{inh|en|ang|hǣling|t=healing}} Old English hǣling (“healing”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hailingō|t=healing}} Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*hailijaną|t=to heal}} Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), {{suf|en|heal|ing}} heal + -ing, {{cog|fy|hieling|t=healing}} West Frisian hieling (“healing”), {{cog|nl|heling|t=healing}} Dutch heling (“healing”), {{cog|de|Heilung|t=healing; cure}} German Heilung (“healing; cure”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} healing (countable and uncountable, plural healings)
  1. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-healing-en-noun-mUxWcPVs Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 11 49 40
  2. An act of healing, as by a faith healer. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of regeneration — see also recovery): ἄκεσις (ákesis) (Ancient Greek), ἴασις (íasis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ἀκή (akḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شِفَاء (šifāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), лечение (lečenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), излекуване (izlekuvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hojení [neuter] (Czech), heling [feminine] (Dutch), genezing [feminine] (Dutch), guérison [feminine] (French), Heilung [feminine] (German), gyógyulás (Hungarian), slánú [masculine] (Irish), guarigione (Italian), шыпаа (şıpaa) (Kyrgyz), sanatio [feminine] (Latin), garison [feminine] (Occitan), балованиѥ (balovanije) [neuter] (Old Church Slavonic), gojenie [neuter] (Polish), leczenie [neuter] (Polish), cura [feminine] (Portuguese), исцеле́ние (iscelénije) [neuter] (Russian), излече́ние (izlečénije) [neuter] (Russian), лече́ние (lečénije) [neuter] (Russian), заживле́ние (zaživlénije) (note: of a wound) [neuter] (Russian), curación [feminine] (Spanish), kuponya (Swahili), läkning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chakra healing, crystal healing, faith healing, healing art, healing blade, healing crisis, healing leaf, healing lodge, mind-healing, spiritual healing Related terms: heal
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-healing.ogg
Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal + -ing. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|heelyng}} Middle English heelyng, {{suffix|en|heal|ing}} heal + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} healing
  1. present participle and gerund of heal Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: heal
    Sense id: en-healing-en-verb-UGaYCsYX Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 7 40 36 17
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "chakra healing"
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      "word": "garison"
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      "sense": "process of regeneration — see also recovery",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "process of regeneration — see also recovery",
      "word": "kuponya"
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