lave
[verb]
Synonyms: bathe, lap, lip, wash

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lave verb. [leɪv] Now chiefly poet.
[Old English lafian = Middle & mod. Dutch laven, Old High German labōn, German laben refresh, from Latin lavare wash. Coalesced in Middle English with forms from Old & mod. French laver from Latin lavare.]
1. verb trans. Wash, orig. spec. by pouring water on; bathe. OE.
■ J. Updike Several Tuareg women..were laving Sheba's feet.
b. verb intrans. Bathe. E18.

2. verb trans. Pour (out), sprinkle, ladle. Foll. by into, on, upon. OE.

3. verb trans. Draw (water) out or up with a bucket, scoop, etc.; bale. (Foll. by out, up.) obsolete exc. dial. ME.

4. verb trans. Of a river or body of water: wash against, flow along or past. E17.
■ W. de la Mare When calm waters lave a rock-bound coast.

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lave adjective. [leɪv] obsolete exc. in comb. below. LME.
[Cf. Old Norse lafa to droop.]
Of ears: drooping, hanging.

Comb.:
lave-eared adjective having lave-ears; lave-ears drooping or hanging ears (esp. of a horse), lop-ears.

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lave noun. [leɪv] obsolete exc. Scot.
[Old English lāf = Old Frisian lāva, Old Low German lēva, Old High German leiba, Old Norse leif, Gothic laiba from Germanic base also of LEAVE verb¹.]
What is left; the remainder, the rest.

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