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
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
Savers, central banks, companies, and institutions around the world stash short- and long-term savings in government bonds.
Shutdown? What Shutdown? It’s Time to Buy U.S. Government Bonds! | Daniel Gross | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut as we saw in the 1950s and 1960s and again in the 1980s, savers benefit too from a growing economy.
Resolving these debt burdens usually involves a transfer, often painful, from savers to borrowers.
But it's terribly hard on savers, and terribly bad for the economy as a whole.
Their mandate is not to protect banks (and savers) from default; it's to protect borrowers from themselves.
The Four Most Important Things You Need to Know About the New Mortgage Rules | Megan McArdle | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ted laughed, drew a package of peppermint life savers from his pocket and handed it up toward the feminine fingers.
Betty Lee, Freshman | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)Uncle Tom was crying, his eyes traveling from the life-savers to the wreck and back again.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island | Janet D. WheelerThe life-savers add to this time-limit by using a specially built wagon, with large wheels and a body considerably elevated.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnBut now that the life-savers had got on the ground, they went to work with a briskness and skill that impressed the onlookers.
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point | Alice B. EmersonThe summer months are seldom marked by storms and wrecks, and there is not often need of the services of the life-savers.
Rick and Ruddy | Howard R. Garis
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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