lave

lave
1. verb /leɪv/
a) To draw, as water; drink in.

the tranquil tide, / That laves the pebbled shore.

b) To give bountifully; lavish.

The boy walked out and squatted and laved up the dark water.

2. noun /leɪv/
The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.

Then they set upon us and slew some of my slaves and put the lave to flight.


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  • lave — [ lav ] n. f. • 1739; laive « pierre volcanique » 1587; it. lava, mot napolitain, du lat. labes « éboulement » ♦ Matière (⇒ magma) en fusion des éruptions volcaniques, constituée de silicates (ou de carbonates) naturels contenant en proportion… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lavé — lave [ lav ] n. f. • 1739; laive « pierre volcanique » 1587; it. lava, mot napolitain, du lat. labes « éboulement » ♦ Matière (⇒ magma) en fusion des éruptions volcaniques, constituée de silicates (ou de carbonates) naturels contenant en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lavé — lavé, ée (lavé, vée) part. passé de laver. 1°   Nettoyé avec l eau. Les mains lavées, on se mit à table.    Fig. •   La Dauphine ainsi lavée dans le sang de l agneau, FLÉCH. Dauphine.. 2°   Terme d agriculture. Foin lavé, foin qui, étant sur pied …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Lave — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Jean Lave, US amerikanische Ethnographin und Soziologin Kitione Lave (1934 2006), Boxer aus Tonga Lave bezeichnet Lave (Schiff), ein französisches Schiff im 19. Jahrhundert …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lave — (l[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laved} (l[=a]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laving}.] [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. ?. Cf. {Ablution}, {Deluge}, {Lavender}, {Lava}, {Lotion}.] To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. [1913 Webster] His… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lave — was an ironclad floating battery of the French Navy during the 19th century. She was part of the Dévastation class of floating batteries. In the 1850s, the British and French navies deployed iron armoured floating batteries as a supplement to the …   Wikipedia

  • Lave — Lave, v. i. To bathe; to wash one s self. [1913 Webster] In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lave — Lave, v. t. [OE. laven. See {Lavish}.] To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lave — Lave, n. [AS. l[=a]f the remainder, what is left. [root]119. See {Leave}.] The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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