health
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Cognate with Old High German heilida. Analyzable as whole, hale, or heal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). More at heal. Doublet of wholth.
Definitions
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- Her mental health is really affected by stressful environments.
- My grampa still enjoys very good health.
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project.
Physical condition.
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Cure, remedy.
A toast to prosperity.
- Strikingly, however, Waller does not deny but rather revels in the claim that healths lead to excessive drinking
The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
- The enemies on this level have a lot of health.
- Lose a little health and there's a few seconds in which you'll be able to win it back by ragging on an enemy.
- Enemies can knock your health down to zero if you're not careful and item upgrades are slow to come by.
A warrior
A warrior; hero; man.
- They, under false pretence of amity and cheer, the British peers invite, the German healths to view.
The neighborhood
- neighborheal
Derived
allied health, bill of health, cyberhealth, digital health, eHealth, e-health, health activation, health and fitness age, health and safety, healthbar, health bar, health behavior, health behaviour, healthcare, health-care, health care, health center, health centre, health club, health code, health-conscious, health education, healthen, health farm, health faucet, health food, healthful, health fund, health hazard, healthie, healthification, healthify, healthiness, health informatics, health insurance, healthism, healthist, health is wealth, health is your first wealth, healthless · +43 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at health. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at health. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at health
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA