salve
(noun) anything that remedies or heals or soothes; āhe needed a salve for his conscienceā
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve
(noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
salve
(verb) apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
salvage, salve, relieve, save
(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Source: WordNet® 3.1
salve (plural salves)
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved)
(transitive) To calm or assuage.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
To salvage.
salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved)
(obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
(obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
(obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
salve
Hail; a greeting.
salve (third-person singular simple present salves, present participle salving, simple past and past participle salved)
(transitive) To say āsalveā to; to greet; to salute.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sal"ve, interj. Etym: [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]
Definition: Hail!
Sal"ve ( or ), v. t.
Definition: To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spenser.
Salve, n. Etym: [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salva, Goth. salb to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) sapris clarified butter. sq. root155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. Chaucer.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote. Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. Milton. Salve bug (Zoƶl.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (Ćga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
Salve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] Etym: [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]
1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial traetment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. Shak.
2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over. But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. Spenser. What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence Milton.
Salve, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Salvage]
Definition: To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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