Associations to the word «Salve»

SALVE, noun. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

SALVE, noun. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.

SALVE, verb. (transitive) To calm or assuage.

SALVE, verb. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.

SALVE, verb. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.

SALVE, verb. To salvage.

SALVE, verb. (obsolete) (astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).

SALVE, verb. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).

SALVE, verb. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse

SALVE, interjection. Hail; a greeting

SALVE, verb. (transitive) To say "salve" to; to greet; to salute.

SALVE BUG, noun. (obsolete) A large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, and formerly used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve.

SALVE, noun. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.

SALVE, noun. Anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience".

SALVE, verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

SALVE, verb. Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing.