Associations to the word «Lave»
Noun
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.