Definition of salve Salve
/sɑˈv/ - [sav] - sal•ve
We found 23 definitions of salve from 6 different sources.
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What does salve mean?
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NounPlural: salves |
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| salve - anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience" | ||
| remediation, redress, remedy act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | ||
| salve - semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | ||
| ointment, unction, unguent, balm | ||
| curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | ||
| medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| arnica an ointment used in treating bruises | ||
| baby oil an ointment for babies | ||
| balsam an ointment containing a fragrant resin | ||
| carron oil an ointment formerly used to treat burns | ||
| cerate a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin | ||
| chrism, chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oil a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | ||
| lip balm a balm applied to the lips | ||
| mentholated salve a salve containing menthol | ||
| mercurial ointment an ointment containing mercury | ||
| zinc ointment an ointment containing zinc that is used to treat certain skin diseases | ||
Verb |
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| salve - apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing | ||
| medicine, medicate treat medicinally, treat with medicine | ||
| practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| salve - save from ruin, destruction, or harm | ||
| salvage, relieve, save | ||
| rescue, deliver take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- salve (Noun)
An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects. - salve (Noun)
Any thing or action that soothes or heals. - salve (Verb)
To calm or assuage. - salve (Verb)
To salvage. - salve (Verb)
To save the appearances or the phenomena; to explain a celestial phenomenon; to account for the apparent motions of the celestial bodies. - salve (Verb)
To resolve a difficulty; to refute an objection; to harmonize an apparent contradiction. - salve (Verb)
To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse. - salve (Verb)
To say "salve" to; to greet; to salute.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- salve (interj.)
Hail! - salve (v. t.)
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. - salve (n.)
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. - salve (n.)
A soothing remedy or antidote. - salve (n.)
To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. - salve (n.)
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. - salve (v. t. & i.)
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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salve
A semisolid preparation intended for external application to the skin or mucous membranes. (source: UMLS)
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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salve
säv, n. (B.) an ointment: anything to cure sores.—v.t. to heal, help.—ns. Salv′er, a quacksalver, a pretender; Salv′ing, healing, restoration. [A.S. sealf; Ger. salbe, Dut. zalf.] -
salve
sal′vē, v.t. (Spens.) to salute.—Salve Regina (R.C.), an antiphonal hymn to the Blessed Virgin said after Lauds and Compline, from Trinity to Advent—from its opening words. [L. salve, God save you, hail! imper. of salvēre, to be well.]
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