lave
/leɪv/
verb
- To wash or bathe.
- She would lave her face in the cool stream every morning.
- After a long hike, he laved his tired feet in the lake.
- The nurse gently laved the patient's wound with warm water.
- (of water) to flow gently against or over something.
- The river laves the base of the old stone bridge.
- Gentle waves lave the sandy shore at sunset.
- Rainwater laved the roof tiles and ran into the gutters.