lave

See also Lave

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Etymology 1

From Middle English laven (“to wash, pour out, stream”), from Old English lafian, ġelafian (“to pour water on, refresh, wash”), from Proto-Germanic *labōnan (“to refresh, strengthen”), from Proto-Indo-European *lōbh- (“to strengthen oneself, rest”). Cognate with Old Saxon lavōn (Dutch laven, “to refresh, revive”), Old High German labōn, labian (German laben, “to wash, refresh”), Ancient Greek λαπάζειν, ἀλαπάζειν (lapázein, “to empty out, cleanse; to rest, refresh”). The sense of "wash" in West Germanic was reinforced due to association with unrelated Latin lavare (“to wash”).

Verb

lave (third-person singular simple present laves, present participle laving, simple past and past participle laved)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
2. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
3. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
4. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
5. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
6. (transitive, archaic) To wash.
   • 1789, William Lisle Bowles, 'Sonnet I' from Fourteen Sonnets, 1789.

     the tranquil tide, / That laves the pebbled shore.

   • 2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road, London: Picador, 2007, p. 38.

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

Related terms

lather launder laundry lavender

lavish lavy lye

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lave (uncountable)

1. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12.

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

Anagrams

• avel
• eval
• leva
• vale
• veal
• vela, Vela

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laːvə/, [ˈlæːvə]

Adjective

lave

1. definite of lav
2. plural of lav

Verb

lave (imperative lav, infinitive at lave, present tense laver, past tense lavede, past participle har lavet)

1. make, create, construct, produce
2. cook, prepare
3. do
4. repair, mend, fix

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lav/, SAMPA: /lav/

Noun

lave f. (plural laves)

1. (usually uncountable) lava

Verb

lave

1. first-person singular present indicative of laver
2. third-person singular present indicative of laver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of laver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of laver
5. second-person singular imperative of laver

Anagrams

• leva

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French laver (“wash”).

Verb

lave

1. To wash

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Italian

Noun

lave f.

1. Plural form of lava.

Anagrams

• leva
• vale
• vela

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Portuguese

Verb

lave

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb lavar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb lavar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb lavar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb lavar.

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Scots

Etymology

Middle Scots lave, laif, lafe (“remainder, rest, that which is left”), from Old English lāf (“lave, remainder, rest”). Akin to Old High German leiba (“lave”), Old Norse leif (“lave”), Old English belīfan (“to remain”). More at leave.

Noun

lave

1. (archaic) rest, remainder.

   Ye are bit a wumman lik the lave, an ye maun thole the brunt o whit life mey bring. — Janet's Love and Service

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Spanish

Verb

lave (infinitive lavar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lavar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lavar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lavar.

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

lave (tower)

sauna with two benches (lave)

Noun

lave c.

1. a towerlike building atop a mine shaft
2. a wooden bench in a sauna

Declension

Declension of lave

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lave	laven	lavar	lavarna
genitive	laves	lavens	lavars	lavarnas

Related terms

• bastulave
• gruvlave

See also

• lav