English Online Dictionary. What means dave? What does dave mean?
English
Alternative forms
- daive, deave, deve
Etymology
From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English dēafian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dave (third-person singular simple present daves, present participle daving, simple past and past participle daved)
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).
Anagrams
- E.D. Va., Veda, deva, vade
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdavɛ]
Noun
dave m
- vocative singular of dav
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
dave (Cyrillic spelling даве)
- third-person plural present of daviti