This salve will act as a protective film over the burn.
Source: tatoeba (2252951)
Salve
//sæ(l)v//
Synonyms for "salve" (154 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (77)
lessenliberalitylinimentlotionlubricantlubricatelullmedicatemitigatemitigatormoderatormodulatormollifiermollifynarcoticnardnumboilopiatepacificator
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pacifierpadpalliatepalliativepalm oilpeacemakerperksperquisitepomadepomatumpoulticepour balm intopour oil onpourboirepremiumreducereliefrelieveremedyrestraining handsedativeshock absorberslackenslakeslickslick onsmearsmooth the waysoap the wayssoftensomething extrasoothesoothersoothing syrupspikenardsportulastabilizerstupesubduesweetenertemperertime and a halftiptranquilizertrinkgeldunctionunguentunguentumvulnerarywaxwiser head
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10 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
83 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَلْسَم noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- زَبْدَة noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- مَرْهَم noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Catalan
3 entries- bàlsam noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- pomada noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- ungüent noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 藥膏 /药膏 noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- 軟膏 /软膏 noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Cornish
1 entries- eli noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Czech
4 entries- balzám noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- balzám noun (something that soothes or heals)
- hojivá mast noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- spasit verb (to salvage)
Dutch
1 entries- zalf noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Esperanto
1 entries- ungvento noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Finnish
4 entries- balsami noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- balsami noun (something that soothes or heals)
- salva noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- voide noun (ointment, cream or balm)
French
4 entries- baume noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- baume noun (something that soothes or heals)
- onguent noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- pommade noun (ointment, cream or balm)
German
2 entries- Balsam noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- Salbe noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Greek
3 entries- αλοιφή noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- βάλσαμο noun (something that soothes or heals)
- ελαφρύνω verb (to calm or assuage)
Hebrew
2 entries- מִשְׁחָה noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- צֳרִי noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Indonesian
2 entries- balsem noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- salep noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Ingrian
2 entries- maazi noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- voije noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Irish
1 entries- ungadh noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Italian
4 entries- balsamo noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- balsamo noun (something that soothes or heals)
- pomata noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- unguento noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Japanese
1 entries- 軟膏 noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹಚ್ಚುಮದ್ದು noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Korean
1 entries- 연고 noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Latvian
2 entries- svaide noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- ziede noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Sallef noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Macedonian
1 entries- мелем noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Māori
2 entries- rongoā maene noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- rongoā maene noun (something that soothes or heals)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- salve noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- salve noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مرهم noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Saulw noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Polish
4 entries- balsam noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- balsam noun (something that soothes or heals)
- maść noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- ratować verb (to salvage)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomada noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Russian
2 entries- бальза́м noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- мазь noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Spanish
3 entries- bálsamo noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- pomada noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- ungüento noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Tocharian B
2 entries- laupe noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- ṣalype noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Turkish
1 entries- merhem noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бальза́м noun (ointment, cream or balm)
- мазь noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Volapük
1 entries- nugvet noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Welsh
1 entries- eli noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Yiddish
1 entries- זאַלב noun (ointment, cream or balm)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The dogs were easily appeased by the well-known voices of their master and mistress, who conveyed the lacerated Dorcon to the spring, where they washed the bites which they discovered on his legs and shoulders. Then chewing some elm-leaves they spread them as a salve on the wounds.
Source: tatoeba (6212487)
The best brand of lip salve, in my opinion, is Burt's Bees.
Source: tatoeba (8160642)
Patience is a salve for all wounds.
Source: tatoeba (10104699)
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