1. washing or bathing gently with water
Usage: present participle of ‘lave’; somewhat formal or literary
2. flowing against or over something gently
Usage: often used of water or waves; literary

Examples

• She was laving her face with cool water from the stream.
• The gentle waves were laving the shore throughout the night.
• The nurse was carefully laving the patient’s wounds.
• Ocean spray was laving the rocky cliffs below.
• He spent the morning laving his tired feet in the mountain spring.
• The tide was laving the sandy beach with rhythmic precision.