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Definition of lave in English: laveverb leɪvleɪv [with object]literary 1Wash. 〈诗/文〉洗 she ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands 她往盆里放冷水，洗净双手和脸。 Example sentencesExamples - As one laved one's chest one could conjure up images of bowler hats on the coat rack, well-thumbed Police Gazettes, shoe polish and cigars.
Synonyms wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice, sluice down, flush, polish, disinfect - 1.1 (of water) wash against or over (something)
（水）冲洗，冲刷 the sea below laved the shore with small, agitated waves 下面的海以躁动不安的细波冲刷海岸。 Example sentencesExamples - He passes the time by visiting bathhouses, where he writhes in licentious congress soapy enough to lave his sins and conceal the nether regions forbade by Japanese censorship.
- Took Nat to the beach, and as we approached the shore I caught the Most Holy Whiff, the perfume of fish and weeds and sun-laved water.
- But in Salzburg, a land laved by mists and mountain air, all the star-power in the world fades away before the glory of Mozart, its most illustrious son.
Derivativesnoun literary Then Henry goes home, I have dinner and begin my lavations to relax before completing my homework. Example sentencesExamples - Truthfully, any hamster I have, or don't have, will remain pretty stinky if his lavations are left to me.
- And with a great deal of commotion, we did all our lavations.
OriginOld English lafian, from Latin lavare 'to wash'; reinforced in Middle English by Old French laver. Rhymesbehave, brave, Cave, clave, concave, crave, Dave, deprave, engrave, enslave, fave, forgave, gave, grave, knave, Maeve, misbehave, misgave, nave, outbrave, pave, rave, save, shave, shortwave, slave, stave, they've, waive, wave Definition of lave in US English: laveverbleɪvlāv [with object]literary 1Wash. 〈诗/文〉洗 she ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands 她往盆里放冷水，洗净双手和脸。 Example sentencesExamples - As one laved one's chest one could conjure up images of bowler hats on the coat rack, well-thumbed Police Gazettes, shoe polish and cigars.
Synonyms wash, cleanse, wipe, sponge, scrub, mop, rinse, scour, swab, hose down, sluice, sluice down, flush, polish, disinfect - 1.1 (of water) wash against or over (something)
（水）冲洗，冲刷 the sea below laved the shore with small, agitated waves 下面的海以躁动不安的细波冲刷海岸。 Example sentencesExamples - But in Salzburg, a land laved by mists and mountain air, all the star-power in the world fades away before the glory of Mozart, its most illustrious son.
- Took Nat to the beach, and as we approached the shore I caught the Most Holy Whiff, the perfume of fish and weeds and sun-laved water.
- He passes the time by visiting bathhouses, where he writhes in licentious congress soapy enough to lave his sins and conceal the nether regions forbade by Japanese censorship.
OriginOld English lafian, from Latin lavare ‘to wash’; reinforced in Middle English by Old French laver. |