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Definitions: Laver |
LaverNoun1. Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938). 2. (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish Temple to perform ritual ablutions. 3. Edible red seaweeds. 4. Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Laver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Bible | Laver (Heb. kiyor), a "basin" for boiling in, a "pan" for cooking (1 Sam. 2:14), a "fire-pan" or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:7, 11, 30, etc.), a basin for the water used by the priests in their ablutions. That which was originally used in the tabernacle was of brass (rather copper; Heb. nihsheth), made from the metal mirrors the women brought out of Egypt (Ex. 38:8). It contained water wherewith the priests washed their hands and feet when they entered the tabernacle (40:32). It stood in the court between the altar and the door of the tabernacle (30:19, 21). In the temple there were ten lavers used for the sacrifices, and the molten sea for the ablutions of the priests (2 Chr. 4:6). The position and uses of these are described 1 Kings 7:23-39; 2 Chr. 4:6. The "molten sea" was made of copper, taken from Tibhath and Chun, cities of Hadarezer, king of Zobah (1 Chr. 18:8; 1 Kings 7:23-26). No lavers are mentioned in the second temple. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: LaverSynonyms: red laver (n), sea lettuce (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul; give it one, give it one finely; gibbet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Laver |
| English words defined with "Laver": Brazen sea ♦ Green laver ♦ Lavour ♦ Mountain laver ♦ red laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver ♦ Sloakan. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Laver": mitt-type flanel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Laver": Lavement, Lavour ♦ Pelvis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Laver" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (bathe, clean out, launder, lave, swill, wash), Latin (bathe, soak, wash). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Far laver sovsen (1967) | |
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| "Laver" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 58.33% of the time. "Laver" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 58.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 16.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Laver" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Laver | Last name | 400 | 22,120 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Laver": Green laver ♦ mountain laver ♦ red laver ♦ Rod Laver ♦ Rodney George Laver. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rod laver | 72 |
adidas rod laver | 32 |
laver | 27 |
laver machine | 10 |
laver rod sneaker | 5 |
laver machine à | 4 |
arnold laver | 2 |
laver rod tennis | 2 |
laver machine vedette | 2 |
laver tabernacle | 2 |
laver salpa | 2 |
james laver | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Laver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Legen (basin, hip, pelvis, toiletware, tub, washbowl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Леген, 'идове ядивни Морски 'одорасли, Съд За Миене. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 紫菜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | purpurhinde (red laver, sloke), porphyra (red laver, sloke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zeesla (green laver, sea lettuce), slawier (green laver, sea lettuce). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | varech comestible (red laver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Porphyrtang (red laver, sloke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πορφύρα (peliosis, purple, purpura, red laver, sloke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ֻיור. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Lattuga Di Mare, porfira (red laver, sloke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "海" , 海" (dried seaweed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のり (dried seaweed, law, mood, paste, ride, riding, rule, -seater, spread, starch), あまのり. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sluggane (Greenland laver, neck of bottle, sea lettuce, slake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | averlay pórfira (red laver, sloke). (various references) laver (red laver, sloke). (various references) อ่างทองเหลืองขนา"ใหญ่ที่ใช้ในการชำระล้าง (ทางศาสนาของยิว). (various references) bara lawr (laver bread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | luter, luterem, luteres, luteris, Porphyra spp.. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 40, Verse 11 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Labrum cum basi sua omnia unctionis oleo consecrabis ut sint sancta sanctorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The lauatorye with his foot. Al with the oyle of an oynting thow shalt sacre, that thei ben holi of halowes. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And anoynte also the lauer and his fote, and sanctifye it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt anoint the laver and its foot, and sanctify it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And put oil on the washing-vessel and its base, and make them holy. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 40, Verse 11 |
| Bulgarian | "а помажеш и умивалника и подложката му, та да го осветиш. |
| Cebuano | Ug dihogan mo ang dolang ug ang tungtunganan, ug balaanon mo kini. |
| Chinese | 要 抹 洗 濯 盆 、 ' 盆 座 、 使 盆 成 聖 。 |
| Croatian | Pomaži umivaonik s njegovim stalkom: posveti ga! |
| Danish | Og du skal salve Vandkummen og Fodstykket og hellige den. |
| Dutch | Dan zult gij het wasvat zalven, en deszelfs voet; en gij zult het heiligen. |
| Finnish | Voitele myös allas jalustoineen ja pyhitä se. |
| French | Tu oindras la cuve avec sa base, et tu la sanctifieras. |
| German | Sollst auch das Handfaß und seinen Fuß salben und weihen. |
| Haitian Creole | W'a voye lwil la tou sou basen lan ak sou pye l' a. Se konsa w'a mete yo apa pou mwen. |
| Hungarian | A mosdómedenczét és lábát is kend meg; így szenteld meg azt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Buatlah begitu juga dengan bak air dan alasnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu bubuhlah minyak bau-bauan itu pada kolam serta dengan kakinya dan sucikanlah dia. |
| Italian | Ungerai anche la conca con il suo piedestallo e la consacrerai. |
| Korean | 너 " 또 물 두 멍 과 그 받 침 에 발 라 거 룩 하 게 하 |
| Maori | Me whakawahi ano te takotoranga wai me tona turanga, me whakatapu. |
| Modern Greek | Και θελεις χρισει τον νιπτηρα και την βασιν αυτου και αγιασει αυτον. |
| Norwegian | Og du skal salve tvettekaret og dets fotstykke og hellige det. |
| Portuguese | Então ungirás a pia e a sua base, e a santificarás. |
| Rumanian | Sq ungi ligheanul cu piciorul lui, wi sq -l sfinyewti. |
| Russian | Й ПНБЦШ ХНЩЧБМШОЙЛ Й П"ОПЦЙЕ ЕЗП Й ПУЧСФЙ ЕЗП. |
| Spanish | Asimismo, ungirás la fuente y su base, y la consagrarás. |
| Swedish | Du skall ock smörja bäckenet jämte dess fotställning och helga det. |
| Thai | จงเจิมขันทั้งพานรองขัน"้วย และชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ |
| Ukrainian | І помажеш умивальницю та підставу її, і освятиш її. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Laver": laverock, laverocks, lavers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Laver": claver, enslaver, palaver, slaver. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Laver": antislaveries, antislavery, clavered, clavering, clavers, enslavers, klavern, klaverns, palavered, palavering, palavers, slavered, slaverer, slaverers, slaveries, slavering, slavers, slavery. (additional references) | |
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"Laver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alver, flaver, laber, laevo, lavar, lavare, lavea, Lavera, laverd, lavery, lavet, lavey, Lavier, lavir, lavo, lavor, livero, liverp, livert, luver, luvver, Lyver. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Laver" (pronounced lā"ver) |
| 4 | l ā" v er | Flavor. |
| 3 | -ā" v er | aver, braver, caver, craver, disfavor, engraver, Favor, graver, paver, raver, saver, savor, shaver, waiver, waver. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ravel, velar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: aver, earl, lave, lear, leva, rale, rave, real, vale, veal, vela, vera. | |
-2 letters: ale, are, ave, ear, era, lar, lav, lea, lev, rev, var. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, ar, el, er, la, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: carvel, claver, gravel, larvae, laveer, lavers, leaver, lekvar, marvel, ravels, reveal, salver, serval, slaver, travel, valuer, varlet, vealer, velars, verbal, vernal, versal. | |
+2 letters: allover, bravely, caravel, carvels, caviler, clavers, clavier, cleaver, gravels, gravely, halvers, haverel, klavern, laveers, layover, leavers, leavier, lekvars, levator, marvels, overall, overlap, overlax, overlay, palaver, prevail, raveled, raveler, ravelin, ravelly, reavail, removal, revalue, reveals, revisal, revival, rivaled, salvers, servals, several, slavers, slavery, travels, unravel, valeric, valuers, variole, varlets, vaulter, vealers, vealier, velaria, ventral, venular, verbals, verglas, vestral, virelai, virelay, vorlage. | |
+3 letters: absolver, acervuli, allovers, alveolar, aversely, caravels, cavalero, cavalier, cavilers, caviller, cervelas, cervelat, cervical, clavered, claviers, cleavers, coverall, cravenly, crevalle, deprival, deverbal, drivable, elevator, enslaver, flavored, flavorer, foveolar, graveled, gravelly, haverels, interval, klaverns, lavalier, laveered, lavender, laverock, lavisher, lawgiver, layovers, levanter, levators, leverage, levirate, livetrap, marveled, novercal, ovariole, overable, overalls, overcall, overglad, overhaul, overlade, overlaid, overlain, overland, overlaps, overlate, overlays, overleaf, overleap, overload, overplan, overplay, oversale, oversalt, overtalk, overzeal, palavers, precaval, prevails, primeval, provable, ravelers, raveling, ravelins, ravelled, raveller, reavails, relative, relevant, removals, reproval, revalued, revalues, revealed, revealer, revenual, reversal, reviewal, revisals, revivals, rivalled, salvager, servable, severals, shrieval, slavered, slaverer, tolarjev, traveled, traveler, travelog, trivalve, unravels, valerate, valerian, valkyrie, valorise, valorize, variable, variedly, varietal, varioles, varletry, vaulters, vaultier, velarium, velarize, venereal, ventrals, verbally, vernacle, vernally, vertical, vesperal, vestural, vexillar, villager, violater, virelais, virelays, visceral, vorlages, vulgarer, walkover. | |
+4 letters: absolvers, acervulus, adverbial, adversely, almsgiver, alveolars, averagely, avirulent, bolivares, boulevard, calvaries, cavaleros, cavaliers, cavalries, cavillers, cervelats, chevalier, clavering, coverable, coveralls, crevalles, curveball, daredevil, deprivals, derivable, driveable, elevators, enslavers, evaluator, everglade, favorable, flashover, flavorers, flavoured, graveless, graveling, gravelled, intervale, intervals, larvicide, lavaliere, lavaliers, laveering, lavenders, laverocks, lavishers, lawgivers, levanters, levatores, leveraged, leverages, levirates, leviratic, lifesaver, liveryman, livetraps, lucrative, marveling, marvelled, marvelous, nonverbal, ovarioles, overalert, overalled, overcalls, overclaim, overclean, overclear, overglaze, overhauls, overlabor, overladed, overladen, overlades, overlands, overlarge, overleaps, overleapt, overlearn, overloads, overpedal, overplaid, overplans, overplant, overplays, oversales, oversalts, overscale, overtalks, overvalue, overzeals, palavered, paloverde, palsgrave, pretravel, prevailed, prevalent, preverbal, previable, privately, ravelings, ravellers, ravelling, ravelment, reavailed, relatives, relevance, relevancy, removable, removably, reprieval, reprovals, retrieval, revaluate, revaluing, revealers, revealing, revelator, reversals, revictual, reviewals, revisable, revivable, revocable, revokable, rivalries, salvagers, savorless, severable, severally, severalty, slaverers, slaveries, slavering, tervalent, travailed, travelers, traveling, travelled, traveller, travelogs, traversal, trivalent, trivalves, universal, unraveled, unrivaled, valerates, valerians, valkyries, valorised, valorises, valorized, valorizes, variables, varicella, varietals, vectorial, vehicular, velarized, velarizes, venerable, venerably, ventrally, verapamil, verbalism, verbalist, verbalize, verdantly, verglases, veridical, veritable, veritably, vernacles, vernalize, versatile, versional, vertebral, verticals, vesicular, vesperals, vibratile, viceregal, victualer, villagers, villagery, violaters, vizierial, vocalizer, vulgarest, vulgarise, vulgarize, vulnerary, walkovers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 76 65 72 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- ...- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0076 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4667887184 |
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