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heals

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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heals

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heal

Noun

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heals

  1. plural of heal

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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heals

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hals (neck, throat)

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *halsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (neck), earlier collus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑls/, [hæ͜ɑɫs]

Noun

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heals m

  1. neck
  2. prow of a ship

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative heals healsas
accusative heals healsas
genitive healses healsa
dative healse healsum

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: hals
    • English: halse, hawse
    • Scots: hause