lave
1- to wash; bathe.
- (of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash.
- Obsolete. to ladle; pour or dip with a ladle.
- Archaic. to bathe.
Origin of lave
1lave
2- the remainder; the rest.
Origin of lave
2lave
3- (of ears) large and drooping.
Origin of lave
3Related Words for lave
bathe, float, bath, sponge, slosh, imbue, soak, swab, cleanse, douse, wet, bubble, soap, shine, moisten, hose, scrub, launder, scour, lapExamples from the Web for lave
Historical Examples of lave
I lave that to whoever has it, Honor: 'tis enough for me, I see what you do—and that's what I go by.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Plase your honour, I being the lady, expicted I'd get lave to swear first.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Burn the steak he will if I lave him with it, and Moike knows the sort of a bed he makes.
The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger
I want him to get into the state in which he can look at her an' lave her alone!
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
The door's open, and you've my lave; may be we 'll do as well without you, as we're like to do with you.
The Macdermots of BallycloranAnthony Trollope
lave
- an archaic word for wash
Word Origin for lave
Word Origin and History for lave
c.1200, from Old English gelafian "wash by pouring, pour (water)," possibly an early English or West Germanic borrowing (cf. Dutch laven, German laben) of Latin lavare "to wash," or its Old French descendant, laver. Latin lavare is from PIE *leu(e)- "to wash" (cf. Latin luere "to wash," Greek louein "to wash, bathe," Old Irish loathar "basin," Breton laouer "trough," Old English leaþor "lather").