lave

Other forms of lave

past tense

laved·

present participle

laving·

third person

laves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lave

What does lave mean?

lave means "wash or flow against". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lave?

lave has 1 syllable: lave. In IPA it is /ˈleɪv/.

What is another word for lave?

Close synonyms include lap, wash, wash, wash up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lave a common word?

lave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.