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Save

//seɪv// conj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang

Definitions

Conjunction

1
unless; except
"Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise."

Proper Noun

1
A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.
"“I am from the Save River. But I married. To a man from afar, Phiri, from Malawi.”"
2
A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.

Noun

1
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
"As 1942 began, work was now continuing apace on getting the ships back afloat and into dock. The first good news in this regard was West Virginia. Thanks to a combination of Tennessees unintentional save' and the crew's own efforts, she'd settled upright, and so divers estimated that, if the various holes could be patched and pumping done in a sensible order from the top down, she should just rise back up to the surface on an even keel, which, in turn, meant that a lot of the initial work on removing her main battery could now be stopped."
2
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring wordnet
3
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
"The goaltender made a great save."
4
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
"Jones retired seven to earn the save."
5
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten. slang
"The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save."

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6
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation. informal
"Nice save."
7
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
"If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save."
8
A saving throw.

Preposition

1
Except; with the exception of.
"Under the terms of the Interdict no church services and offices were to be permitted save the baptism of infants and the confession of the dying."

Verb

1
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. transitive
"She was saved from drowning by a passer-by."
2
make unnecessary an expenditure or effort wordnet
3
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. transitive
"Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss."
4
record data on a computer wordnet
5
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable. transitive
"I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done."

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6
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use wordnet
7
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. transitive
"Jesus Christ came to save sinners."
8
accumulate money for future use wordnet
9
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). transitive
"Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home."
10
spend less; buy at a reduced price wordnet
11
To prevent harm or difficulty.; To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game. transitive
12
retain rights to wordnet
13
To put aside; to avoid.; To store for future use. transitive
"Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back."
14
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of wordnet
15
To put aside; to avoid.; To conserve or prevent the wasting of. transitive
"Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room."
16
refrain from harming wordnet
17
To put aside; to avoid.; To obviate or make unnecessary. transitive
"Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?"
18
save from ruin, destruction, or harm wordnet
19
To put aside; to avoid.; To write a file to disk or other storage medium. intransitive, transitive
"Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop."
20
save from sins wordnet
21
To put aside; to avoid.; To economize or avoid waste. intransitive
22
bring into safety wordnet
23
To put aside; to avoid.; To accumulate money or valuables. intransitive, transitive
24
To put aside; to avoid.; To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging. archaic, slang, transitive
"to save a fiver"
25
To put aside; to avoid.; To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner. often, reflexive
"She told me she's saving herself for marriage."
26
To put aside; to avoid.; To avoid saying something. informal
"Save your excuses and lies."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).

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