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Synonyms for salve
sæv, sɑvsalve
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Princeton's WordNet
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salvenoun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Synonyms:
smarm, unction, cream, ointment, balm, emollient, unctuousness, oleaginousness, unguent, smarminess, oiliness, inunction, fulsomenesssalveverb
anything that remedies or heals or soothes
"he needed a salve for his conscience"
salvage, salve, relieve, saveverb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Synonyms:
spare, pull through, economize, carry through, make unnecessary, ease, salvage, save, lay aside, economise, still, unbosom, take over, redeem, allay, hold open, keep, save up, exempt, let off, palliate, excuse, relieve, assuage, write, preserve, deliver, remedy, alleviate, keep open, free, lighten, bring through, scavengesalveverb
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
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List of paraphrases for "salve":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
salve
Synonyms:
Ointment, see there
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#390 | still | |
#400 | save | |
#614 | write | |
#656 | keep | |
#2990 | cream | |
#3338 | deliver | |
#4819 | ease | |
#6061 | redeem | |
#6143 | cure | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#7347 | exempt | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8557 | excuse | |
#11997 | heal | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#14937 | salvage | |
#18381 | balm | |
#19755 | alleviate | |
#26478 | redress | |
#26640 | ointment | |
#31814 | lighten | |
#33156 | mend | |
#35060 | reassure | |
#43422 | salve | |
#66494 | allay | |
#83719 | emollient | |
#89527 | assuage | |
#101535 | scavenge | |
#103255 | unction | |
#125327 | economize | |
#159338 | mollify | |
#241864 | palliate | |
#274103 | oiliness | |
#282766 | economise | |
#324945 | unguent |
How to use salve in a sentence?
They’ve been using cannabis in poultice and salves for years, my aunt’s grandmother had a marijuana salve they used 60 years ago in Mexico. My goal wasn’t just to put cannabis in a salve, but to create a modern product.
Prayer is .... the salve on the wounds of our spirit that we order from God in our moments with Him.
Laughter is a salve. It’s the best medicine around. Poet Pablo Neruda called it “the language of the soul.” I know this to be a universal truth because I’ve seen this play out in every culture around the world. People find respite and release in laughter.
Over the past few years, we've passed the affordability threshold, with the loss of the ability to comfortably use all the amenities that characterize living in a city -- restaurants, retail, bars, all the cultural events that were at your beck and call as a resident of Manhattan -- people are questioning it. Those were the salve on affordability.
I think that will shed the light most prominently on the issue here for us, the whole basis for listing betamethasone is because it’s injected into a joint and they want you not to inject the joints too close to the race, so the whole substantive basis is out the window if it’s a salve, and it can be proven scientifically and empirically to be the salve.
Translations for salve
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- مرهم, زبدة, بلسمArabic
- pomada, bàlsam, ungüentCatalan, Valencian
- Balsam, SalbeGerman
- ελαφρύνω, βάλσαμο, αλοιφήGreek
- pomada, bálsamo, ungüentoSpanish
- pelastaa, rauhoittaa, salva, voide, balsamiFinnish
- onguent, pommadeFrench
- צרי, זאַלבמשחהHebrew
- balsamo, unguento, curare, guarire, pomata, salvareItalian
- ಹಚ್ಚುಮದ್ದುKannada
- zalfDutch
- salvePortuguese
- пена, бальзам, мазьRussian
- мазь, бальзам, пінаUkrainian
- nugvetVolapük
- זאַלבYiddish
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