Meaning of "salve" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SALVE

Old English sealf; related to Old High German salba, Greek elpos oil, Sanskrit sarpis lard.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SALVE

salve  [sælv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALVE

Salve is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb salve in English.

WHAT DOES SALVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of salve in the English dictionary

The first definition of salve in the dictionary is an ointment for wounds, sores, etc. Other definition of salve is anything that heals or soothes. Salve is also to apply salve to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SALVE

PRESENT

Present

I salve

you salve

he/she/it salves

we salve

you salve

they salve

Present continuous

I am salving

you are salving

he/she/it is salving

we are salving

you are salving

they are salving

Present perfect

I have salved

you have salved

he/she/it has salved

we have salved

you have salved

they have salved

Present perfect continuous

I have been salving

you have been salving

he/she/it has been salving

we have been salving

you have been salving

they have been salving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I salved

you salved

he/she/it salved

we salved

you salved

they salved

Past continuous

I was salving

you were salving

he/she/it was salving

we were salving

you were salving

they were salving

Past perfect

I had salved

you had salved

he/she/it had salved

we had salved

you had salved

they had salved

Past perfect continuous

I had been salving

you had been salving

he/she/it had been salving

we had been salving

you had been salving

they had been salving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will salve

you will salve

he/she/it will salve

we will salve

you will salve

they will salve

Future continuous

I will be salving

you will be salving

he/she/it will be salving

we will be salving

you will be salving

they will be salving

Future perfect

I will have salved

you will have salved

he/she/it will have salved

we will have salved

you will have salved

they will have salved

Future perfect continuous

I will have been salving

you will have been salving

he/she/it will have been salving

we will have been salving

you will have been salving

they will have been salving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would salve

you would salve

he/she/it would salve

we would salve

you would salve

they would salve

Conditional continuous

I would be salving

you would be salving

he/she/it would be salving

we would be salving

you would be salving

they would be salving

Conditional perfect

I would have salve

you would have salve

he/she/it would have salve

we would have salve

you would have salve

they would have salve

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been salving

you would have been salving

he/she/it would have been salving

we would have been salving

you would have been salving

they would have been salving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you salve
we let´s salve
you salve

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to salve

Past participle

salved

Present Participle

salving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SALVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «salve» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of salve

allay · appease · balm · cream · dressing · ease · emollient · liniment · lotion · lubricant · medication · mollify · ointment · pacify · palliate · soothe · still · tranquillize · unguent

TRANSLATION OF SALVE

Find out the translation of salve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of salve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «salve» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 药膏
• Translator English - Spanish: salve
• English: salve
• Translator English - Hindi: साल्वे
• Translator English - Arabic: مرهم
• Translator English - Russian: мазь
• Translator English - Portuguese: salve
• Translator English - Bengali: মলম
• Translator English - French: baume
• Translator English - Malay: Salve
• Translator English - German: Salbe
• Translator English - Japanese: 軟膏
• Translator English - Korean: 연고
• Translator English - Javanese: Salve
• Translator English - Vietnamese: salve
• Translator English - Tamil: சால்வே
• Translator English - Marathi: साल्व
• Translator English - Turkish: merhem
• Translator English - Italian: unguento
• Translator English - Polish: Salve
• Translator English - Ukrainian: мазь
• Translator English - Romanian: salve
• Translator English - Greek: αλοιφή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: salf
• Translator English - Swedish: salva
• Translator English - Norwegian: salve

2 QUOTES WITH «SALVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word salve.

1

Roy Barnes

We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great challenge to fight the voices of division and seek the salve of reconciliation.

2

Charles Churchill

Patience is sorrow's salve.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALVE»

Discover the use of salve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to salve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Salve!

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Carla Riga, 2008

Sword & Salve

In the first book to systematically explore the linkages between war and emergency response, Hoffman and Weiss focus on the profound impact of new wars with non-state actors.

Peter J. Hoffman, Thomas George Weiss, 2006

The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) was the first woman poet in England who sought status as a professional writer.

Aemilia Lanyer, Susanne Woods, 1993

Salve Venetia (2); Gleanings from Venetian History

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: .

F Marion Crawford, 2009

Salve Mater

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Frederick Joseph Kinsman, 2008

Domesticating the Reformation: Protestant Best Sellers, ...

5 Becon's The Sick Man's Salve Introduction to the Text First printed in 1558, Becon's The Sick Man's Salve went Into at least twenty-nine editions and averages two hundred pages in length.1 Although it was printed early in Elizabeth's reign, ...

Mary Hampson Patterson, 2007

A Salve for the Bite of the Black Viper, compounded by Dr. ...

Abbé Antoine MARTINET, V. D. BARRY. is in our midst; he struts about in our cities, lifting up unblushingly his hideous crest. We behold chrywhere his awful ravages. He spares neither age, sex. nor condition. “Very few of us escape,” says  ...

Abbé Antoine MARTINET, V. D. BARRY, 1852

Salve Regina

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae; vita dulcendo et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exules, lii Evae. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et entes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Erica Fuentes, Annemarie Stonewater, 2010

12 Variations on Salve Tu Domine by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 2010

A New-World Collection of Polyphony for Holy Week and the ...

Some of the works predate the sixteenth-century reform of the Roman Breviary and Missal, among them the original versions of several Vespers hymns and Magnificat settings by Guerrero that are otherwise known only in later versions found in ...

Robert J. Snow, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term salve is used in the context of the following news items.

Salve Regina offering digital forensics coursework

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) – Starting this fall, graduate students enrolled in the Administration of Justice and Homeland Security program at Salve Regina will be ... «WPRI 12 Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

Salve Regina University to Use SafeStop Shuttle Bus Tracking App …

NEWPORT, R.I., June 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Fall, Salve Regina University will be the first university in the Northeast to begin using SafeStop, ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 15»

Walk The Talk With Harish Salve

In this week's episode Shekhar Gupta is joined by a luminary of Indian judiciary Harish Salve, former Solicitor General of India and a prominent lawyer. «NDTV, Apr 15»

Michelle Kwan to present commencement address at Salve Regina …

Newport, R.I. (WPRI) – Michelle Kwan will present the 65th commencement address at Salve Regina University this May. The two time Olympic Medalist will also ... «WPRI 12 Eyewitness News, Apr 15»

Medieval potion kills antibiotic-resistant MRSA superbugs

A recipe for the potion, originally an eye salve, was found in Bald's Leechbok, a 10th-century book of Anglo-Saxon medical advice and recipes for medicines, ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»

1000-Year-Old Eye Infection Salve May Kill MRSA Super Bug, Study …

When scientists painstakingly followed a step-by-step recipe to recreate the old world salve, they found it killed over 90 percent of a Methicillin-resistant ... «ABC News, Mar 15»

Ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's daughter stands up to …

A slew of Twitter users posted sexually explicit comments about the teen after her dad posted a proud tweet about her plans to pitch for Salve Regina University's ... «New York Daily News, Mar 15»

Women's Basketball Locks Down Salve in Non-Conference Victory

BRUNSWICK, Maine - The Bowdoin College women's basketball team posted a superb defensive performance in a 73-33 victory over Salve Regina on ... «Bowdoin Athletics, Nov 14»

Sunita & Salve alert SC to foul air in court

Senior lawyer Harish Salve and environmentalist Sunita Narain told a bench of Chief Justice of India H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Adarsh Goel that ... «Times of India, Nov 14»

Mukul Rohatgi, Harish Salve main choices for Attorney General's post

Salve also said due process demands that there should first be a law minister who can make the offer. "The stage has not arrived. It is possible that discussions ... «Economic Times, May 14»