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Definition of Salve
1. Verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
Generic synonyms: Deliver, Rescue
Derivative terms: Salvage, Salvage, Salvager, Salvage, Salvage, Salvation, Saver
2. Noun. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
Specialized synonyms: Arnica, Baby Oil, Balsam, Carron Oil, Cerate, Chrism, Chrisom, Holy Oil, Sacramental Oil, Lip Balm, Mentholated Salve, Mercurial Ointment, Zinc Ointment
Generic synonyms: Curative, Cure, Remedy, Therapeutic
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Terms within: Lanolin, Wool Fat, Wool Grease
3. Verb. Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing. "Did he salve his foot? "
4. Noun. Anything that remedies or heals or soothes. ; "He needed a salve for his conscience"
Definition of Salve
1. interj. Hail!
2. v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
3. n. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
4. v. t. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
5. v. t. & i. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
Definition of Salve
1. Noun. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects. ¹
2. Noun. Any thing or action that soothes or heals. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To calm or assuage. ¹
4. Verb. To salvage. ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) An astronomical term meaning to save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies). ¹
6. Verb. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction). ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salve
1. to soothe [v SALVED, SALVING, SALVES] - See also: soothe
Medical Definition of Salve
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1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote. "Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salve
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