salve
1noun
verb (used with object), salved, salv·ing.
Origin of salve
1Synonyms for salve
salve
2verb (used with or without object), salved, salv·ing.
Origin of salve
2salve
3interjection
Origin of salve
3Related Words for salve
balm, lotion, pacify, mollify, assuage, unburden, alleviate, medication, help, unction, liniment, unguent, remedy, cure, aid, dressing, medicine, lubricant, cream, cerateExamples from the Web for salve
Contemporary Examples of salve
Its readership expands in times when more of us need its particular brand of salve.
His only salve has been counting down the days until graduation.
Then came remedies: the powder, the salve, the wondrous elixir.
“Anything that tries to solve an issue in Northern Ireland, to put a salve on it, tends to enflame the situation,” he said.
In France, we are supposed to salve our consciences with the knowledge that draft horses are raised to be eaten.
Historical Examples of salve
He spoke with the sureness of a man of wealth, confident that money will salve any wound.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
And this time the thing he wanted was to get the dervish to rub some of the salve on his other eye.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
And he hollered the first thing that "he wanted some of Hall's salve."
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 2.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
His wounded pride demanded a salve to be procured at any cost.
The SnareRafael Sabatini
But Gage was endeavoring to salve his smart and conceal his own shame.
The Siege of BostonAllen French