salve
🇺🇸
/sæv/
🇬🇧
/sælv/
noun
R
A creamy product that you apply to your skin, especially when it is hurt or sore, to help heal or protect it.
I applied a salve to the burn to ease the pain.
verb
R
To do something to make yourself feel better about doing something wrong.
He bought her flowers to salve his guilt for forgetting her birthday.
translation
A creamy product that you apply to your skin, especially when it is hurt or sore, to help heal or protect it.
To do something to make yourself feel better about doing something wrong.
Word Forms
3rd Present
salves
Past
salved
Perfect
salved
Progressive
salving
Plural
salves