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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley