LAVE

wash, lave

(verb) cleanse (one’s body) with soap and water

lave, lap, wash

(verb) wash or flow against; “the waves laved the shore”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)

(transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.

(transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.

(transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.

(intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.

(intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.

(ambitransitive, literary or poetic) To wash.

Etymology 2

Noun

lave (uncountable)

(archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.

(dialectal) A crowd

Synonyms

• (that which is left): remnant, residue; See also remainder

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, leva, vale, veal, vela

Source: Wiktionary

Lave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laved; p. pr. & vb. n. Laving.] Etym: [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. Ablution, Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.]

Definition: To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.

Lave, v. i.

Definition: To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope.

Lave, v. t. Etym: [OE. laven. See Lavish.]

Definition: To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden.

Lave, n. Etym: [AS. laf the remainder, what is left. Leave.]

Definition: The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition