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    salve
    /salv/

    noun

    • 1. an ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection: "the wound should be washed with water and then a salve applied"

    verb

    • 1. soothe (wounded pride or one's conscience): "charity salves our conscience"
    • 2. apply salve to: archaic "they salved my cuts and stopped the bleeding"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSALVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SALVE definition: 1. a liquid or cream used to treat an injured, sore, or dry place on your body 2. something that…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › salveSalve Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SALVE is an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores. How to use salve in a sentence.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › salveSALVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Salve definition: a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.. See examples of SALVE used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › salveSalve - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A salve is something that soothes. You can use an ointment as a salve for an itchy rash, or maybe your kind words can act as a salve to comfort a heartsick friend.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › salveSalve - definition of salve by The Free Dictionary

    1. a medicinal ointment for treating wounds and sores. 2. anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves. v.t. 3. to soothe with or as if with salve; assuage; ease: to salve one's conscience. [before 900; (n.) Middle English; Old English sealf, c. Old Saxon, Old High German salba; (v.)

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › salve_n1salve, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    salve noun 1. Meaning & use. 1.a. Old English–. A healing ointment for application to wounds or sores. See also eye salve n., lipsalve n. OE. Malagma, salb. Epinal Glossary 635. OE. Genim þas yclan wyrte, wyrc to salfe [variant readings sealfe, sealue]. Saxon Leechdoms vol. I. 110. OE. Þeos sealf mihte beon geseald to þrim hund penegum.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishsalve noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of salve noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSALVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    7 meanings: 1. an ointment for wounds, sores, etc 2. anything that heals or soothes 3. to apply salve to (a wound, sore, etc).... Click for more definitions.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › salveSalve Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. salves. Any medicinal ointment applied to wounds, skin irritations, burns, etc. for purposes of soothing or healing. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Anything that soothes or heals; balm. A salve for one's conscience. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Flattery or commendation. American Heritage. Synonyms: unguent. balm.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › salvesalve - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

    salve meaning, definition, what is salve: a substance that you put on sore skin to...: Learn more.