Crossword-Solution: SALVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SALVE | anagram | AVELS, ELVAS, EVALS, LAVES, SELVA, SLAVE, VALES, VALSE, VEALS |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with SALVE (5)
This agreement being made, the Physician, time after time, applied his salve to her eyes, and on every visit took something away, stealing all her property little by little.
They wanted to see whether it was mere ideological rhetoric which would salve the consciences of the exploiters and dull the senses of the exploited, or whether, perhaps, its aims might spring from genuine conviction and become established in a framework which would be fully implemented.
You know, I reckon, that if I had the salve on the other eye I could see a lot more things that’s valuable.
And that I take to record Of every lond for his partie The comun vois, which mai noght lie; Noght upon on, bot upon alle It is that men now clepe and calle, And sein the regnes ben divided, In stede of love is hate guided, The werre wol no pes purchace, And lawe hath take hire double face, 130 So that justice out of the weie With ryhtwisnesse is gon aweie: And thus to loke on every halve, Men sen the sor withoute salve, Which al the world hath overtake.
But a German would say "Ut quid, etc.." as "Why this waste?" or "Why this extravagance?" Even "it is a shame about the ointment"--these are good German, in which one can understand that Magdalene had wasted the salve she poured out and had done wrong.
Quotes with SALVE (3)
Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.
Hating hurts the hater the most. Hating is not a salve for the wounded soul, it is an abrasive that keeps the soul wounded and raw and oversensitive.
I dunno." She sat on the bench and hugged the robe like a pillow. "I still think that Brett guy is cute.""Good luck getting him away from Bekka." Cleo gathered her silky black hair into a high pony and pink-dabbed Smith's Rosebud Salve on her lips. "She's got more grip than Crazy Glue.""More cling than Saran Wrap," Lala added." More hold than Final Net." Cleo giggled." More possession than The Exorcist," Lala managed." More clench than butt cheeks," Blue chimed in." More comp…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 130 times in crossword archives (1953–2025).