Sekirov Dictionary

lave

/leɪv/

verb11

  1. (literary) To bathe or wash (someone or something).
  2. [with oneself] (literary) To bathe or wash.
  3. (literary) Of a river or other water body: to flow along or past (a place or thing); to wash.
  4. (literary, figurative) To surround or gently touch (someone or something), as if with water.
  5. (literary, figurative) To surround as if with water.
  6. (literary, figurative) Chiefly in sexual contexts: to lick (someone or something).
  7. (literary, figurative) Chiefly in sexual contexts; followed by at: to lick.
  8. (literary, figurative) To remove (something), as if by washing away with water.
  9. (literary) Followed by into, on, or upon: to pour (water or some other liquid) with or as if with a ladle into or on someone or something; to lade, to ladle.
  10. (literary, no longer used) Followed by out or up: to draw or scoop (water) out of something with a bucket, scoop, etc.; specifically, to bail (water) out of a boat.
  11. (no longer used, rare) Of ears: to droop, to hang down.

noun4

  1. That which is left over; a remainder, a remnant, the rest.
  2. (literary) An act of bathing or washing; a bath or bathe, a wash.
  3. (literary, rare) The sea.
  4. (rare) A relict, a widow.

adjective1

  1. (no longer used) Chiefly in lave ears: of ears: drooping, hanging down.
forms

laved · lavedst · laving · laves · laveth · lavest

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