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Definition: Lave |
LaveVerb1. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonym: LaveSynonym: wash (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge, deterge; decrassify; clear, purify; depurate, despumate, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. |
Water | Add water, water, wet; moisten; dilute, dip, immerse; merge; immerge, submerge; plunge, souse, duck, drown; soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench; dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge; syringe, inject, gargle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lave |
| English words defined with "lave": Laved, Laving ♦ Nazarite ♦ Overlave. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lave": dropped furskin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lave": Abluent, Alluvion ♦ LAVA, lavender, lotion. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lave" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (achieve, act, carry out, do, make, perform), French (lava). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Le Savon lave (2000) | |
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| "Lave" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Lave" is used about 7 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 (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lave" 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 |
| Lave | Last name | 100 | 82,217 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "lave": lave knude. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lave": Lave-eared, lave-net, lave-nettin'. | |
| 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 |
lave vaisselle | 34 |
lave linge | 22 |
lave | 20 |
auto chenier lave | 9 |
lave life | 7 |
lave main | 7 |
lave sex | 5 |
lave vaiselle | 5 |
lave miele vaisselle | 4 |
lave siemens vaisselle | 4 |
lave sex | 4 |
lave linge miele | 3 |
lave linge siemens | 3 |
jean lave | 2 |
lave wenger | 2 |
lave vaisselles | 2 |
emaillee lave | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lahem (bathe, pay off, square accounts with smb., swim in, wash), lëpij (eat, lap, lick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غسل (bathe, irrigate, irrigation, launder, lotion, rinse, scrub, swill, wash, washing), صب (cast, casting, cut, decant, discharge, flow, imbue, infusion, molding, moulding, paint, pigment, pour, rain, shaping, teem), إغتسل (bath, bathe, wash up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обливам (deluge, perfuse, pour over, sluice, slush), мия се о, мия (bathe, clean, do, lick, mop, scour, wash, wash up), промивам (bathe, irrigate, pan, scour, sluice, wash), плискам се о (lip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | umývat se, odpoèívat (lie, recline, repose, rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چکیدن (Drip, Drop, Plash, Trickle), کشیدن (Chart, Drag, Draw, Drawl, Entrain, Experience, Figure, Hale, Haul, Heave, Lengthen, Peg, Pluck, Pull, Strain, Strap, String, Suffer, Trace, Trawl, Weigh), ریختن (Disgorge, Dust, Found, Infuse, Infusion, Pour, Shed, Strew), شستشوکردن (Bath, Bathe, Tub, Washout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | laver (launder), verser, se laver. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | waschen (bathe, clean, clean down, launder, pan, scrubbing, shampoo, sluice, sponge down, to bathe, to give a wash, to launder, to lave, to wash, wash, washing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νίπτω (wash), λούω (bathe), λούομαι (bathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"תרחץ (wash up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mosakszik (clean oneself, have a wash, to wash), fürdik (bathe, have a bath, have a swim, swam, swum, to go for a swim, to swim, to take a swim), fürdet (bathe, to bathe, to lave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mencuci (launder, wash), mandi (bath, bathe, bathing, dip, tub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bagnare (bathe, dabble, damp, dampen, dip, flow through, get wet, irrigate, moisten, soak, sprinkle, steep, sweat, wash, water, wet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avelay lavar (bath, Buddle, do up, mop, put on a wash, square up, tint, wash), retrete (privy, toilet). (various references) spãla (bathe, clean, fade, flush, irrigate, launder, mop, mop up, pan, slush, stream, sweep, wash, wash up), scãlda (bath, bathe, wash, wet). (various references) омывать, мыть (scrub 2, sluice, wash). (various references) oprati (brush, launder, shampoo, wash, wash up). (various references) lavarse (bathe, freshen, freshen up, wash, wash up), lavar (Buddle, dip, do, douse, launder, put on a wash, rinse, shampoo, sluice, swill, tint, wash, wash down, wash out, wash up). (various references) ล้าง. (various references) yıkamak (bath, bathe, clean down, launder, lustrate, scrub, sluice, splash, wash). (various references) митися (bath, wash), мити (bathe, mop, sponge, wash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lave": laved, laveer, laveered, laveering, laveers, lavender, lavendered, lavendering, lavenders, laver, laverock, laverocks, lavers, laves. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lave": autoclave, clave, conclave, enclave, enslave, exclave, slave. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lave": antislaveries, antislavery, autoclaved, autoclaves, beslaved, claver, clavered, clavering, clavers, claves, conclaves, enclaves, enslaved, enslavement, enslavements, enslaver, enslavers, enslaves, exclaves, klavern, klaverns, palaver, palavered, palavering, palavers, slaved, slaveholder, slaveholders, slaveholding, slaveholdings, slaver, slavered, slaverer, slaverers, slaveries, slavering, slavers, slavery, slaves, slavey, slaveys. (additional references) | |
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"Lave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aave, Alve, Alvez, alvi, Blavey, flava, kave, klava, klave, Klive, laav, labe, Labem, laevi, laevo, laf, laff, lage, laive, lale, lauve, lavae, lavam, lavan, lavat, lavay, lavea, Laven, lavet, lavey, lavi, lavia, lavie, lavir, lavo, lavoa, Lavu, laxe, leev, leva, levey, levo, liev, Litva, livi, livo, Llaf, lleva, loave, lova, lovay, lovei, lovem, lovoe, lovu, luf, luv, luva, luve, luvey, luvva, lvd, lve, lvi, lvo, lxvii, lyve, Olavi, plave, ulvae, vlave. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lave" (pronounced lā"v) |
| 3 | l ā" v | enslave, slave. |
| 2 | -ā" v | behave, brave, cave, concave, crave, deprave, engrave, forgave, gave, grave, knave, misbehave, nave, pave, rave, save, shave, shortwave, stave, waive, wave. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: leva, vale, veal, vela. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-v" | |
-1 letter: ale, ave, lav, lea, lev. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-v" | |
+1 letter: alive, calve, clave, gavel, halve, laevo, laved, laver, laves, leave, leavy, navel, ravel, salve, selva, slave, uveal, vales, valet, valse, value, valve, veals, vealy, velar, venal. | |
+2 letters: alcove, alevin, alvine, avulse, calved, calves, carvel, claver, claves, cleave, coeval, eluvia, favela, foveal, gavels, glaive, gravel, halved, halves, larvae, lavage, laveer, lavers, leaved, leaven, leaver, leaves, lekvar, levant, loaves, lovage, maglev, marvel, navels, ravels, reveal, salved, salver, salves, selvas, serval, silvae, slaved, slaver, slaves, slavey, sleave, sylvae, travel, uvulae, vagile, vailed, vakeel, valets, valine, valise, valley, valses, valued, valuer, values, valved, valves, varlet, vealed, vealer, veinal, velars, velate, venial, verbal, vernal, versal, vestal, viable, vialed, villae, vineal, vulvae. | |
+3 letters: absolve, alcoved, alcoves, alevins, allover, alveoli, anviled, availed, avellan, avulsed, avulses, bivalve, bravely, caravel, carvels, caviled, caviler, clavate, clavers, clavier, cleaved, cleaver, cleaves, coaeval, coevals, deleave, devalue, devisal, elative, elevate, eluvial, enclave, enslave, estival, evangel, exclave, exuvial, favelas, favella, flavine, flavone, foveola, gaveled, glaived, glaives, gravels, gravely, halvers, haverel, heavily, helluva, javelin, juvenal, klavern, lavages, laveers, layover, leavens, leavers, leavier, leaving, lekvars, levants, levator, livable, lovable, lovages, maglevs, marvels, movable, naively, novella, ovately, overall, overlap, overlax, overlay, ovulate, palaver, prevail, raveled, raveler, ravelin, ravelly, reavail, removal, revalue, reveals, revisal, revival, rivaled, salvage, salvers, salvoed, salvoes, savable, saveloy, selvage, servals, several, slavers, slavery, slaveys, sleaved, sleaves, solvate, suavely, travels, unravel, vacuole, vaguely, vakeels, valance, valence, valency, valeric, valeted, valines, valises, vallate, valleys, valuate, valuers, valvate, valvule, variole, varlets, vaulted, vaulter, vealers, vealier, vealing, vedalia, vegetal, velamen, velaria, venally, ventail, ventral, venular, verbals, verglas, vesical, vestals, vestral, vexilla, vialled, vilayet, village, violate, virelai, virelay, vocable, volante, voltage, volvate, vorlage, votable, vulgate, vulvate, wavelet, zelkova. | |
+4 letters: aasvogel, ablative, absolved, absolver, absolves, acervuli, actively, aestival, alewives, allovers, allusive, alveolar, alveolus, anvilled, avellane, aventail, aversely, avowable, avowedly, behalves, beslaved, bivalent, bivalved, bivalves, bloviate, caravels, cavalero, cavalier, cavelike, cavilers, cavilled, caviller, cervelas, cervelat, cervical, chevalet, clavered, clavicle, claviers, cleavage, cleavers, cleaving, coaevals, coevally, conclave, covalent, coverall, cravenly, crevalle, datively, deleaved, deleaves, deprival, devalued, devalues, deverbal, devisals, dilative, disvalue, divalent, dovetail, drivable, effluvia, elatives, elevated, elevates, elevator, eluviate, enclaves, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, enviable, enviably, evadable, evadible, evaluate, evangels, evenfall, eventual, evitable, evocable, exclaves, favellas, festival, flavines, flavones, flavored, flavorer, foveolae, foveolar, foveolas, gaveling, gavelled, gavelock, giveable, graveled, gravelly, havelock, haverels, heavenly, illative, interval, inviable, javelina, javelins, juvenals, khedival, klaverns, ladylove, lavaboes, lavalier, lavalike, laveered, lavender, laverock, lavished, lavisher, lavishes, lawgiver, laxative, layovers, leavened, leaviest, leavings, levanted, levanter, levators, leverage, leviable, levigate, levirate, levitate, levodopa, ligative, liveable, livetrap, locative, loveable, loveably, loveseat, marveled, medieval, megavolt, misvalue, movables, moveable, moveably, movieola, natively, novalike, novellas, novercal, obviable, outvalue, ovalness, ovariole, overable, overalls, overcall, overglad, overhaul, overlade, overlaid, overlain, overland, overlaps, overlate, overlays, overleaf, overleap, overload, overplan, overplay, oversale, oversalt, overtalk, overzeal, ovulated, ovulates, palavers, plausive, precaval, prevails, primeval, provable, ravelers, raveling, ravelins, ravelled, raveller, reavails, relative, relevant, removals, reproval, revalued, revalues, revealed, revealer, revenual, reversal, reviewal, revisals, revivals, rivalled, salivate, salvable, salvaged, salvagee, salvager, salvages, savagely, saveable, saveloys, selvaged, selvages, servable, severals, shavable, shrieval, slavered, slaverer, sleaving, solvable, solvated, solvates, tolarjev, traveled, traveler, travelog, trivalve, unhalved, univalve, unravels, unvalued, unviable, upheaval, vacuoles, valanced, valances, valences, valencia, valerate, valerian, valeting, valguses, valiance, validate, valkyrie, valorise, valorize, valuable, valuated, valuates, valvelet, valvulae, valvules, variable, variedly, varietal, varioles, varletry, vaselike, vaulters, vaultier, vealiest, vedalias, velamina, velarium, velarize, venality, vendable, venereal, venially, ventails, ventrals, verbally, vernacle, vernally, vertical, vesicula, vesperal, vestally, vestural, vexillar, viewable, vilayets, villager, villages, violable, violated, violater, violates, virelais, virelays, visceral, vitalise, vitalize, vitiable, vocables, vocalise, vocalize, voidable, volatile, volplane, voltages, vorlages, voteable, vulgarer, vulgates, walkover, waveless, wavelets, wavelike, zelkovas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 76 65 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- ...- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0076 0065 |
| 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)46678871 |
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