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- Dictionarylave/leɪv/
verb
- 1. wash: literary "she ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands"
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1. a. : wash, bathe. b. : to flow along or against. 2. : pour. intransitive verb. archaic : to wash oneself : bathe. Did you know? Lave is a simple, monosyllabic word that magically makes the mundane act of washing poetic.
Definitions of lave. verb. wash or flow against. “the waves laved the shore” synonyms: lap, wash. see more. verb. wash one's face and hands. synonyms: wash up. see more. verb. cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. synonyms: wash. wash. to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Lave."
1. to wash or bathe. 2. to flow along or against. 3. to dip or pour with or as with a ladle. verb intransitive. 4. to wash or bathe. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
1. [ leyv ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , laved, lav·ing. to wash; bathe. (of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash. Obsolete. to ladle; pour or dip with a ladle. verb (used without object) , laved, lav·ing. Archaic. to bathe. lave. 2. [ leyv ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun. , Scot. the remainder; the rest.
1. To wash; bathe. 2. To lap or wash against: Waves laved the shore. 3. To refresh or soothe as if by washing: "The quiet and the cool laved her" (Edna Ferber). [Middle English laven, from Old English gelafian and from Old French laver, both from Latin lavāre; see leu (ə)- in Indo-European roots .]
noun. What is left over. Webster's New World. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others. Wiktionary. Origin of Lave.
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