SALVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • anything that remedies or heals or soothes
   Usage Example(s)
   • he needed a salve for his conscience
   Hypernyms(s) salve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • redress (what does redress mean?)
   • remedy (what does remedy mean?)
   • remediation (what does remediation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • salve (what does salve mean?)
2. Meaning
   • semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
   Synonym(s)
   • balm (what does balm mean?)
   • ointment (what does ointment mean?)
   • unction (what does unction mean?)
   • unguent (what does unguent mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) salve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remedy (what does remedy mean?)
   • curative (what does curative mean?)
   • cure (what does cure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • arnica (what does arnica mean?)
   • baby oil (what does baby oil mean?)
   • balsam (what does balsam mean?)
   • carron oil (what does carron oil mean?)
   • cerate (what does cerate mean?)
   • chrism (what does chrism mean?)
   • chrisom (what does chrisom mean?)
   • sacramental oil (what does sacramental oil mean?)
   • holy oil (what does holy oil mean?)
   • lip balm (what does lip balm mean?)
   • mentholated salve (what does mentholated salve mean?)
   • mercurial ointment (what does mercurial ointment mean?)
   • zinc ointment (what does zinc ointment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • salve (what does salve mean?)

SALVE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
   Hypernyms(s) salve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medicate (what does medicate mean?)
   • medicine (what does medicine mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • salve (what does salve mean?)
   • ointment (what does ointment mean?)
   • unction (what does unction mean?)
   • unguent (what does unguent mean?)
   • balm (what does balm mean?)
   • salve (what does salve mean?)
2. Meaning
   • save from ruin, destruction, or harm
   Synonym(s)
   • relieve (what does relieve mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • save (what does save mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) salve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rescue (what does rescue mean?)
   • deliver (what does deliver mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rescuer (what does rescuer mean?)
   • recoverer (what does recoverer mean?)
   • saver (what does saver mean?)
   • salvation (what does salvation mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • salvage (what does salvage mean?)
   • salvager (what does salvager mean?)
   • salvor (what does salvor mean?)