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Definition of: LAVES

laves
Wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom"
Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
Wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"

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salve
salve
(interj.) Hail!
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
(n.) 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. t. & i.) To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
slave
slave
(n.) See Slav.
(n.) A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.
(n.) One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
(n.) A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
(n.) An abject person; a wretch.
(v. i.) To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.
(v. t.) To enslave.