save
/seɪv/ verb, noun, preposition, conjunction, proper noun
Forms saves saving saved savest savedst saveth
- verb To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. “She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.”
- verb To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- verb To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- verb (religion, especially Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. “Jesus Christ came to save sinners.”
- verb (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- verb (baseball) 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.
- verb (transitive) To store for future use. “Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.”
- verb (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of. “Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.”
- noun An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- noun In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. “The goaltender made a great save.”
- noun (baseball) 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.”
- noun (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. “The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.”
- noun (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation. “Nice save.”
- noun (computing) 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.”
- noun (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- preposition Except; with the exception of.
- conjunction Unless; except.
- proper noun A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.
- proper noun A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.
Synonyms
saving barring except for save for Sabi salvage salve relieve preserve carry through pull through bring through lay aside save up make unnecessary deliver redeem spare economize economise keep open hold open keep write
Etymology
From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
Abbreviation.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- verb 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.
- verb 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.
- verb To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Etymology [See Sage the herb.]
Etymology [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “save”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details