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   save

   /sāv/

   verb

   • 1. keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger: "she saved a boy from drowning" Similar rescuecome to someone's rescuesave someone's lifecome to someone's aidset freefreeliberatedeliverextricatesnatchbail outbring offinformal:save someone's baconsave someone's necksave someone's skinpreservekeep safekeepprotectsafeguardguardconservesalvageretrievereclaimrescueOpposite endanger
   • ▪ prevent (someone) from dying: "the doctors did everything they could to save him"
   • ▪ (in Christian use) preserve (a person's soul) from damnation: "church ladies approach me trying to save my soul"
   • ▪ keep (someone) in health (used in exclamations and formulaic expressions): "God save the Queen"
   • 2. keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use: "she had never been able to save much from her salary" Similar put asideset asidelay asideput byput to one sidelay bykeepretainreservekeep in reserveconservestockpilestorehoardsave for a rainy daykeep for future useput in a safe placecollectamassset byinformal:salt awaysquirrel awaystash awayhang ontoOpposite wastefritter awayuse up
   • ▪ preserve (something) by not expending or using it: "save your strength till later"
   • ▪ used to tell someone to stop talking: informal North American "save it, Joey—I'm in big trouble now"
   • 3. keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location, especially from memory: "save it to a new file"
   • 4. avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources): "save $20 on a new camcorder" Similar economizebe (more) economicalmake economiesscrimpscrimp and scrapebe thriftybe frugaltighten one's beltcut backmake cutbacksbudgetretrenchhusband one's resourcescut costscut expendituredraw in one's hornswatch one's penniespinch penniesdialect:rake and scrapeOpposite spendbe extravagant
   • ▪ avoid, lessen, or guard against: "this approach saves wear and tear on the books" Similar preventobviateforestallsparestopavoidavertmake unnecessaryrule outOpposite cause
   • 5. prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game): "the powerful German saved three match points"
   • ▪ (of a goalkeeper in soccer and hockey) stop (a shot) from entering the goal.
   • ▪ (of a relief pitcher in certain game situations) finish (a game) while preserving a winning position gained by another pitcher.

   noun

   • 1. an instance of a relief pitcher saving a game.
   • ▪ (in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring: "the keeper made a great save"
   • ▪ another term for sacrifice
   • 2. an act of saving data to a storage location, usually the hard drive: "the recovery feature enables you to retrieve most of the edits you made since the last save"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauver, from late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus ‘safe’. The noun dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. savable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   Save means to rescue from danger, to lessen the use of something, or to set something aside for later. Save has many other uses, especially as a verb and a noun. If you save someone, you prevent them from being harmed or injured. Nonliving things can also be saved from destruction or damage.

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   To save is to keep safe. So, you might save money for college, save a kitten from drowning, or save a dropped football.

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   save. verb. /seɪv/ Verb Forms. keep safe. [transitive] to keep someone or something safe from death, harm, loss, etc. save somebody/something to save someone's life Doctors were unable to save her. He's trying to save their marriage. She needs to win the next two games to save the match. (figurative) Thanks for doing that.