Meaning & use
Laving
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Washing or bathing something gently, especially with flowing water; a poetic or literary term.
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The gentle stream kept laving the smooth stones along its bank.
Morning mist seemed to be laving the valley in soft silver light.
A note on using this word
Laving derives from the archaic verb 'lave,' now largely confined to poetry and older literature.
Words with a similar meaning
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