Salve

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  • noun. An analgesic or medicinal ointment.
  • noun. Something that soothes or consoles; a balm.
  • noun. Flattery or commendation.
  • transitive verb. To soothe or heal with salve.
  • transitive verb. To ease the distress or agitation of; assuage.
  • transitive verb. To salvage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To apply salve to; heal; cure.
  • To help; remedy; redeem; atone for.
  • noun. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; an ointment or cerate.
  • noun. Hence Help; remedy.
  • 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.
  • An obsolete form of save.
  • Hail!
  • To salute or greet with the exclamation “Salve!”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute.
  • noun. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
  • noun. A soothing remedy or antidote.
  • noun. a large, stout isopod crustacean (Æga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
  • verb. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
  • transitive verb. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • interjection. Hail!
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  • noun. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.
  • verb. To calm or assuage.
  • verb. To salvage.
  • verb. 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).
  • verb. to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
  • verb. To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
  • noun. anything that remedies or heals or soothes
  • verb. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  • verb. apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
  • cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slav  slav  suave  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Herb  Vaseline  balm  balsam  bandage  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Trinkgeld  abate  aid  allay  alleviate  
    verb-form
    salved  salves  salving