meaning of salve
1. Hail!
2. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
3. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
4. A soothing remedy or antidote.
5. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
6. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
7. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
8. anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his
">conscience"
Related Words
salve | salved | salvelinus | salvelinus alpinus | salvelinus fontinalis | salvelinus namaycush | salver | salver-shaped | salverform |
