save
1to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
to keep from being lost to an opponent: A goal in the final minute saved the game.
to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel.
to keep, as for reuse: to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner.
to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money.
to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light.
to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting.
Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
Computers. to copy (a file or other data) to a storage medium, as from RAM to a disk.
Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.
to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
to be economical in expenditure.
to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
to keep or last without spoiling, as food.
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports: The goalie guarded the net well and made a crucial save.
Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
Computers.
an act of copying a file or other data to a storage medium: The server is scheduled to execute a systemwide save at the end of the work day.
one version of a saved file: We can recover the lost data if we restore it from a previous save.
Origin of save
1Other words for save
Other words from save
- sav·a·ble, save·a·ble, adjective
- sav·a·ble·ness, save·a·ble·ness, noun
- saver, noun
- un·sav·a·ble, adjective
- un·save·a·ble, adjective
- un·saved, adjective
Words Nearby save
Other definitions for save (2 of 3)
except; but: All the guests had left save one.
except; but (usually followed by that): He would have gone, save that he had no means.
Origin of save
2synonym study For save
Other definitions for Save (3 of 3)
Sava.
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How to use save in a sentence
If the world is going to end, why are evangelicals so busy trying to save it?
Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.
Like background check laws across the country, it will help keep guns out of dangerous hands, reduce gun crime, and save lives.
“We started doing this because we want to save lives,” Jonson says.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This will often save the foliage from drying up, a happening which makes the plants rather unsightly.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinHis hair was darker—almost brown save at the temples, where age had faded it to an ashen colour.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAmong the clergy therein he finds no offenses, save that a few have gambled in public; these are promptly disciplined.
My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonShe reached forward to it in ecstasy; but she might not enjoy it, save at the price which her conscience exacted.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for save (1 of 2)
/ (seɪv) /
(tr) to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm
to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc)
(tr) to deliver from sin; redeem
(often foll by up) to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use
(tr) to treat with care so as to avoid or lessen wear or degeneration: use a good light to save your eyes
(tr) to prevent the necessity for; obviate the trouble of: good work now will save future revision
(tr) sport to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a struck ball or puck)
(intr) mainly US (of food) to admit of preservation; keep
sport the act of saving a goal
computing an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk
Origin of save
1Derived forms of save
- savable or saveable, adjective
- savableness or saveableness, noun
- saver, noun
British Dictionary definitions for save (2 of 2)
/ (seɪv) archaic, or literary /
Also: saving (often foll by for) with the exception of
but; except
Origin of save
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with save
In addition to the idioms beginning with save
- saved by the bell
- save face
- save for a rainy day
- save one's bacon
- save one's breath
- save the day
- save up
also see:
- penny saved is a penny earned
- rainy day, save for a
- scrimp and save
- to save one's life
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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