salve
To calm or assuageTo calm or assuage.
» Patience is a salve for all wounds.
Geduld ist ein Pflaster für alle Wunden.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To calm or assuage.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
(dated)To salvage.
(transitive)To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
(obsolete)To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
(obsolete)To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
(obsolete)To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
Examples
4 sentencesPatience is a salve for all wounds.
deGeduld ist ein Pflaster für alle Wunden. — Esperantostern
This salve will act as a protective film over the burn.
A lovely bit of cake like this is the best salve for a wounded heart.
deSo ein gutes Stück Kuchen ist das beste Pflaster auf der wunden Seele. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The best brand of lip salve, in my opinion, is Burt's Bees.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Old English sealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *salbōn, from Proto-Germanic *salbōną,From Old English sealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *salbōn, from Proto-Germanic *salbōną, from *salbō (whence salve (noun)).
From Latin salvō (“to save”).
From Latin salvē. The verb is from the interjection.
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Forms
salves, salving, salved, salvedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle