1. washes or bathes (someone or something)
Usage: literary or archaic; third person singular present tense of 'lave'
2. flows along or against (a surface), as water does
Usage: literary; third person singular present tense of 'lave'

Examples

• The gentle stream laves the rocks below.
• She laves her face with cool water each morning.
• The ocean laves the sandy shore.
• He laves the wound carefully before bandaging it.
• Moonlight laves the garden in silver.