1. Wash or flow against
   "the waves laved the shore"
   - lap, wash 
2. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
   - wash 
3. Wash one's face and hands
   - wash up [N. Amer]

Derived forms: laved, laves, laving

See also: lavage, lavation

Type of: clean, cleanse, flow, freshen, freshen up, refresh, refreshen

Encyclopedia: Lave

• grassfire
• grasshopper
• grasshopper mouse
• grassland
• grassless
• grasslike
• grassroots
• grassy
• grassy death camas
• grassy-leafed
• grassy-leaved
• grate
• grated cheese
• grateful
• gratefully
• gratefulness
• grater
• graticule
• gratification
• gratified
• gratify
• gratifying
• gratifyingly
• gratin
• grating