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helen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cure noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  • fence noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
  • heal verb To make well again after illness or injury; to recover.

Senses

helen is used for these senses in English:

  • cure (transitive) To restore to health.
  • cure (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
  • heal (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

cure — full definition

  1. noun A treatment or remedy that restores health or solves a problem.
  2. verb To restore someone to health, or to fix a problem completely.
  3. verb To preserve food, typically meat or fish, by salting, smoking, or drying.

fence — full definition

  1. noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
  2. noun A person who buys and resells stolen goods.
  3. verb To enclose land with a fence.
  4. verb To compete in the sport of fencing, fighting with swords.
  5. verb To give evasive or deliberately vague answers to avoid a direct question.

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