Associations to the word «Lave»

Wiktionary

LAVE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
LAVE, verb. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
LAVE, verb. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
LAVE, verb. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
LAVE, verb. (intransitive) (dialectal) To hang or flap down.
LAVE, verb. (ambitransitive) (archaic) To wash.
LAVE, noun. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche