| cleavage | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting | - |
|---|
| (noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) | - |
| (noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: segmentation |
| (noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules | - |
| (noun) the state of being split or cleft | - |
| gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
|---|
| gavage | (noun) feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat | Synonyms: forced feeding |
|---|
| lavage | (noun) washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water | - |
|---|
| lovage | (noun) stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers | - |
|---|
| (noun) herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds | Synonyms: Levisticum officinale |
| pavage | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: paving |
|---|
| (noun) a tax toward paving streets | - |
| ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: depredation |
|---|
| (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | Synonyms: harry |
| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, scourge, waste |
| salvage | (noun) the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire | - |
|---|
| (noun) the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction | - |
| (noun) property or goods saved from damage or destruction | - |
| (verb) collect discarded material | Synonyms: scavenge |
| (verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salve, save |
| savage | (adjective) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious |
|---|
| (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, furious |
| (adjective) wild and menacing | Synonyms: feral, ferine |
| (noun) a member of an uncivilized people | Synonyms: barbarian |
| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, wildcat, wolf |
| (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, pillory |
| (verb) attack brutally and fiercely | - |
| selvage | (noun) the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray | Synonyms: selvedge |
|---|
| (noun) border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet | Synonyms: selvedge |