Salve

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An analgesic or medicinal ointment.
  • n. Something that soothes or heals; a balm.
  • n. Flattery or commendation.
  • v. To soothe or heal with or as if with salve.
  • v. To ease the distress or agitation of; assuage: salved my conscience by apologizing.
  • v. To salvage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  • n. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.
  • v. To calm or assuage.
  • v. To salvage.
  • v. An astronomical term meaning to save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
  • v. to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
  • v. To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • interjection. Hail!
  • v. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute.
  • n. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
  • n. A soothing remedy or antidote.
  • v. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to.
  • v. 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.
  • v. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; an ointment or cerate.
  • n. Hence Help; remedy.
  • To apply salve to; heal; cure.
  • To help; remedy; redeem; atone for.
  • An obsolete form of save.
  • To save, as a ship or goods, from danger or destruction, as from shipwreck or fire: as, to salve a cargo.
  • To save anything, as the cargo of a ship, from destruction.
  • Hail!
  • To salute or greet with the exclamation “Salve!”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
  • n. anything that remedies or heals or soothes
  • v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  • v. apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
  • Verb Form
    salved    salves    salving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    remedy    redress    remediation    deliver    rescue    medicine    medicate   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hail!    greet    salute    heal    remedy    cure    ointment   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slav    slav    suave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ointment    lotion    potion    balm    unguent    elixir    poultice    bandage    lint    concoction