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Definition of Save

1. Verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

2. Noun. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring. "The relief pitcher got credit for a save"

3. Verb. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use. "Sam and Sue save the movie "; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

4. Verb. Bring into safety. "They save him from writing the letter"; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

5. Verb. Spend less; buy at a reduced price.

6. Verb. Accumulate money for future use. "They save their grandchild with money"; "He saves half his salary"

7. Verb. Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort. "This will save you a lot of time"

8. Verb. Save from sins.

9. Verb. Refrain from harming. "They save him from writing the letter"

10. Verb. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of. ; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

11. Verb. Retain rights to. "Keep open the possibility of a merger"

12. Verb. Record data on a computer. "Boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

Definition of Save

1. n. The herb sage, or salvia.

2. v. t. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

3. v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

4. prep. or conj. Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

5. conj. Except; unless.

Definition of Save

1. Noun. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. ¹

2. Noun. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead. ¹

3. Noun. (context: professional wrestling slang) 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. ¹

4. Noun. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To help (somebody) to survive, or keep (somebody) from harm. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To store for future use. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. ¹

12. Verb. (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables. ¹

14. Preposition. Except; with the exception of. ¹

15. Conjunction. (dated) unless; except ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Save

1. to rescue from danger, injury, or loss [v SAVED, SAVING, SAVES] : SAVEABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Save

1. 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. "God save all this fair company." (Chaucer) "He cried, saying, Lord, save me." (Matt. Xiv. 30) "Thou hast . . . Quitted all to save A world from utter loss." (Milton) 2. Specifically, to deliver from and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." (1 Tim. I. 15) 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. "Now save a nation, and now save a groat." (Pope) 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. "I'll save you That labour, sir. All's now done." (Shak) 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. "Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?" (Dryden) 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. "Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit." (Swift) To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. Synonym: To preserve, rescue, deliver, protect, spare, reserve, prevent. Origin: OE. Saven, sauven, salven, OF. Salver, sauver, F. Sauver, L. Salvare, fr. Salvus saved, safe. See Safe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Save

savaloys savanilla savanna savannah savannah monitor savannah monitors savannahs savannas savant savantish

savants savarin savarins savate savates save (current term) save-all save-alls save as save down

save face save one's breath save point save points save slot save slots save someone's bacon save someone's skin save state

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