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Lave Lightly Crossword Clue

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noun

• a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint

• the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

• the act of giving a light tint to the hair

• washing lightly without soap

verb

• wash off soap or remaining dirt

• clean with some chemical process

• rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash

29%5Lave
noun

• the act of swimming for pleasure or recreation

verb

• cleanse the entire body

• suffuse or envelope with something

• swim for pleasure or recreation

29%4Lave
noun

• a thin coat of water-base paint

• the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

• the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

• the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other

• garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

• any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out

verb

• clean with some chemical process

• cleanse (one's body) with soap and water

• cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water

• move by or as if by water

• be capable of being washed

• admit to testing or proof

• separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)

• apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to

• remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent

• form by erosion

• make moist

• wash or flow against

• wash by removing particles

• to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking

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New York Times14 Mar 1987 Across 32
New York Times23 Sep 1980 Across 66
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