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salve   (TTS Sound)

The noun salve has 2 senses

• ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve -- (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)


• salve -- (anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience")

The verb salve has 2 senses

• salvage, salve, relieve, save -- (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)


• salve -- (apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing)