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What's The Definition Of Save? [n] the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports); "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" [v] make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" [v] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [v] feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary" [v] spend less; buy at a reduced price [v] retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [v] spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [v] refrain from harming [v] save from ruin or destruction [v] from sins, as in religious dogma [v] bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Save: bring through \| carry through \| hold open \| keep open \| lay aside \| make unnecessary \| preserve \| pull through \| redeem \| relieve \| salvage \| salve \| save up \| spare Related Terms \| Find terms related to Save: See Also \| bar \| buy \| cache \| conserve \| deliver \| drop \| economise \| economize \| embalm \| enter \| expend \| favor \| favour \| forbear \| forbid \| foreclose \| forestall \| hive up \| hoard \| hold \| hold on \| husband \| keep \| lay away \| preclude \| prevent \| prevention \| purchase \| put down \| record \| refrain \| rescue \| reserve \| retain \| scrimp \| skimp \| spend \| squirrel away \| stash \| stint Save In Webster's Dictionary \Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 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. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin 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 labor, 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 appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. \Save\, v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. --Bacon. \Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See {Safe}, a.] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor. xi. 24. Syn: See {Except}. \Save\, conj. Except; unless.

Save Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Save?

[n] the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports); "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"
[v] make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
[v] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
[v] feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"
[v] spend less; buy at a reduced price
[v] retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
[v] spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
[v] refrain from harming
[v] save from ruin or destruction
[v] from sins, as in religious dogma
[v] bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

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Save In Webster's Dictionary

\Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.]
The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.]
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. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin 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 labor, 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 appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
   exposure of a discreditable state of things.

Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
     prevent.


\Save\, v. i.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent
waste; to be economical.

      Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
                                               --Bacon.


\Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See
{Safe}, a.]
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting;
reserving; saving.

      Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor.
                                               xi. 24.

Syn: See {Except}.


\Save\, conj.
Except; unless.

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