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Definition of salve:
- A soothing remedy or antidote.
- An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
- Hail!
- To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
- 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.
- To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
- To say Salve to; to greet; to salute.
Synonyms:
lay aside, lighten, preserve, assuage, smarm, emollient, hold open, Mentholatum, pull through, spare, allay, counterirritant, save, lanolin Vaseline, unction, salvage, economise, zinc oxide, carry through, economize, deliver, menthol ice, ease, lubricant, let off, keep open, excuse, scavenge, palliate, calamine, ointment, save up, exempt, unctuousness, Ben-Gay, cerate, alleviate, fulsomeness, coal tar, help, aloe, bring through, oiliness, redeem, keep, unguent, write, still, relieve, balm, inunction, free, smarminess, oleaginousness, take over, cream, make unnecessary, unbosom.
- lubricate (part of speech: verb)
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remedy (part of speech: noun)
- drug,
- aid,
- emetic,
- pill,
- pharmaceutical,
- ointment,
- correction,
- medicine,
- potion,
- balm,
- antidote,
- elixir,
- remedy,
- dose,
- therapy,
- lotion,
- prescription,
- tonic,
- corrective,
- cure,
- germicide,
- medication
Usage examples:
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Waddles can be very formal and dignified and diplomatic when he wants to be, and as a salve spreader he has few equals and no superiors.
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The Salve inscribed or worked in mosaic upon the threshold of the outer door expressed the generous hospitality which characterized all Roman dwellings of that time.