salve
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Types & categories
- curative hypernym
- arnica hyponym
- baby oil hyponym
- balsam hyponym
- carron oil hyponym
- cerate hyponym
- chrism hyponym
- lip balm hyponym
- mentholated salve hyponym
- mercurial ointment hyponym
- zinc ointment hyponym
Parts & wholes
- lanolin substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Types & categories
- rescue hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
anything that remedies or heals or soothes
he needed a salve for his conscience
Types & categories
- remedy hypernym
Related & opposite
- salve derivation
Sense 4 verb
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
Types & categories
- medicine hypernym
Related & opposite
- salve derivation
- salve derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | salve |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | lanolin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arnica |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baby oil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | balsam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carron oil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cerate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chrism |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lip balm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mentholated salve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mercurial ointment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zinc ointment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recoverer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvager |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salvage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rescue |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salve |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remedy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salve |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | salve |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | medicine |