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salve
1[sav, sahv]
noun
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves.
verb (used with object)
to soothe with or as if with salve; assuage.
to salve one's conscience.
Synonyms: , ,
salve
2[salv]
verb (used with or without object)
to save from loss or destruction; to salvage.
salve
3[sal-vee, sahl-wey]
interjection
salve
1/ æ, sɑːv /
noun
an ointment for wounds, sores, etc
anything that heals or soothes
verb
to apply salve to (a wound, sore, etc)
to soothe, comfort, or appease
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of salve1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of salve1
Origin of salve2
Example Sentences
His explosive row with President Donald Trump - and the very public airing of his dirty White House laundry - suggests Musk's changing priorities might not quite be the salve they had been hoping for.
Flanagan is strictly interested in what futility does to the human soul — and how it can be a salve, too.
Games were something of a salve, as many players had just spent months welcoming folks to our virtual islands in “Animal Crossing: New Horizons.”
Finally, England have the salve of victory to ease some tired bodies and minds.
But, at that time in history, Jimmy Carter was the salve we all needed.
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