verb, wash, bathe, to flow along or against, pour
I can wash four cars in a row without blinking, laved with enough soap and water to raise my knowledge that racing season is just around the corner.
"Lave" is a simple, monosyllabic word that magically makes the mundane act of washing poetic. Shakespeare used it in The Taming of the Shrew, when Gremio assured the father of his beloved Bianca that she would have "basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands." And in Charles Dicken's The Old Curiosity Shop, Nell "laved her hands and face, and cooled her feet before setting forth to walk again." The poetry of "lave" is also heard when describing the pouring of water" "He...laved a few cool drops upon his brow" (John Lockhart, Reginald Dalton). As with all poetic terms, "lave" can be applied figuratively, too, as in our example sentence in which corn is "washed" in butter. Before washing our hands of "Lave," we'll tell you its etymology: It, as well as "lavatory," comes from Latin leaver, meaning "to wash."
Race Car Bathtub!
hugs always
karen charlie and enzo
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