Words that rhyme with selvedge

• cleavage 0
  n 1: the state of being split or cleft; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members" 2: the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules 3: (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum [syn: cleavage, segmentation] 4: the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) 5: the act of cleaving or splitting
• leafage 0
  n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants [syn: leaf, leafage, foliage]
• ravage 0
  n 1: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" [syn: ravage, depredation] v 1: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes [syn: harry, ravage] 2: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]
• salvage 0
  n 1: property or goods saved from damage or destruction 2: the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction 3: the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save] 2: collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" [syn: salvage, scavenge]
• savage 0
  adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] 2: wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" [syn: feral, ferine, savage] 3: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild] 4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: ferocious, fierce, furious, savage] n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian] 2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat] v 1: attack brutally and fiercely 2: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast, pillory, crucify]
• lavage 0
  n 1: washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
• lovage 0
  n 1: herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds [syn: lovage, Levisticum officinale] 2: stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers

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