save

Plural: saves

Noun

• (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
  • "the goalie made a brilliant save"
  • "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"
• An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
• An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
• In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
• An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
• A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
• An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
• 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.
• An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
• An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
• The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
• A saving throw.

Verb

Verb Forms: saved, saving, saves

• To rescue from danger or loss; to set aside for future use.
• save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
  • "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
• bring into safety
• spend less; buy at a reduced price
• accumulate money for future use
  • "He saves half his salary"
• make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
  • "This will save money"
  • "I'll save you the trouble"
  • "This will save you a lot of time"
• save from sins
• refrain from harming
• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
  • "This move will save money"
• retain rights to
• record data on a computer
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
• To prevent harm or difficulty.
• 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.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To store for future use.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To obviate or make unnecessary.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To economize or avoid waste.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To accumulate money or valuables.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
• To put aside; to avoid.
• To avoid saying something.

Prep

• Except; with the exception of.

Conj

• unless; except

Examples

• If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
• Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
• Jones retired seven to earn the save.
• Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.
• Nice save.
• Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
• Save your excuses and lies.
• She made a crucial play to save her leading score, securing victory in Scrabble.
• She told me she's saving herself for marriage.
• She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
• The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
• The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
• The goaltender made a great save.
• to save a fiver
• We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
• Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

Synonyms

bring through, carry through, deliver, economise, economize, hold open, keep, keep open, lay aside, make unnecessary, preserve, pull through, redeem, relieve, salvage, salve, save up, spare, write, barring, except, except for, save for, saving

Related Words

SAVEABLE

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