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
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.
lave (uncountable)
(archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
(dialectal) A crowd
• (that which is left): remnant, residue; See also remainder
• 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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
