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Words with multiple meanings

This week’s words
churl
dickey
dingbat
decollate
lave

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Misleading words

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PRONUNCIATION:

(layv)

MEANING:

noun:	Residue or remainder.
verb tr.:	1. To wash or bathe.
	2. To flow.
	3. To pour.

ETYMOLOGY:

For noun: From Old English laf (remainder). Earliest documented use: 971.
For verb: From Old English lafian (to pour or wash), from Latin lavare (to wash). Earliest documented use: 450.

USAGE:

“She took nearly a quarter of the butter home with her, and ate most of it, and gave the lave to her cat.”
Colin MacKay; The Song of the Forest; Canongate; 1986.

“The ocean laves his feet.”
Anthony Lane; Heat of the Action; The New Yorker; Feb 7, 2022.

See more usage examples of lave in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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