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save
1[ seyv ]
verb (used with object)
- to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss:
to save someone from drowning.
Synonyms: salvage
God save the king.
- 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.
verb (used without object)
noun
- 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.
save
2[ seyv ]
preposition
- except; but:
All the guests had left save one.
conjunction
- except; but (usually followed by that ):
He would have gone, save that he had no means.
Save
3[ sah-vuh ]
noun
- Sava.
save
1/ seɪv /
preposition
- Alsosaving often foll by for with the exception of
conjunction
- but; except
save
2/ seɪv /
verb
- 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 (of food) to admit of preservation; keep
noun
- sport the act of saving a goal
- computing an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk
Derived Forms
- ˈsavable, adjective
- ˈsavableness, noun
- ˈsaver, noun
Other Words From
- sava·ble savea·ble adjective
- sava·ble·ness savea·ble·ness noun
- saver noun
- un·sava·ble adjective
- un·savea·ble adjective
- un·saved adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of save1
Origin of save2
Idioms and Phrases
- penny saved is a penny earned
- rainy day, save for a
- scrimp and save
- to save one's life
Synonym Study
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from 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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