English Dictionary

salve

/sɑːv/

verb

(transitive) To calm or assuage. / To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint. / To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good. / (dated) To salvage.

She used a soothing balm to salve her sunburned skin.

意味（1）

(transitive) To calm or assuage.

She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]

意味（2）

To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth,[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies… (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

意味（3）

To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.

But Ebranck salved both their infamies / With noble deedes.

意味（4）

(dated) To salvage.

The interior woodwork was largely salved from the two cars, as well as the majority of the fittings and seats.