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Definition of "lave" []

  • To wash; bathe. (verb-transitive)
  • To lap or wash against. (verb-transitive)
  • To refresh or soothe as if by washing: "The quiet and the cool laved her” ( Edna Ferber). (verb-transitive)
  • Archaic To wash oneself. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lave" in a sentence
  • "(the molten lave is 30 km down from where you got hit, hence the darkness)"
  • "The other thing that would pull me in would be an epic confrontation between the Gungans and Ewoks in the middle of an asteroid filled with lave which is casually destroyed by a passing Star Destroyer in the midst of the afore mentioned space battle."
  • "He wanted her to experience the kind of lave that only two people who gave selflessly to each other could achieve."