lave

Meaning

Noun

1. The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
2. A crowd

Verb

1. (obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
2. To draw, as water; drink in.
3. To give bountifully; lavish.
4. To run down or gutter, as a candle.
5. To hang or flap down.
6. To wash.
7. To lick.

Synonyms

wash

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bathe

wash up

lap

clean

flow

gutter

ladle

launder

pour

regurgitate

rinse

run

spill out

suds

surge

wash out

scrub up

cleanse

course

emanate

feed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Northern Middle English lave (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English lāf (“lave, remainder, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibu, from Proto-Germanic *laibō (“remainder”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Cognate with Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English belīfan (“to remain”). More at belive.