'Save' definitions:

Definition of 'save'

(from WordNet)
noun
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"
verb
Save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save]
verb
To keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [syn: save, preserve]
verb
Bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: save, carry through, pull through, bring through]
verb
Spend less; buy at a reduced price
verb
Accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" [syn: save, lay aside, save up]
verb
Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" [syn: save, make unnecessary]
verb
Save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save]
verb
Refrain from harming [syn: spare, save]
verb
Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: save, economize, economise]
verb
Retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [syn: keep open, hold open, keep, save]
verb
Record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" [syn: write, save]

Definition of 'Save'

From: GCIDE
  • Save \Save\, n. [See Sage the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Save'

From: GCIDE
  • Save \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. [1913 Webster]
  • God save all this fair company. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. [1913 Webster]
  • Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. [1913 Webster]
  • Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. [1913 Webster]
  • Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Save'

From: GCIDE
  • Save \Save\, v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. [1913 Webster]
  • Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Save'

From: GCIDE
  • Save \Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. [1913 Webster]
  • Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor. xi. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: See Except. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Save'

From: GCIDE
  • Save \Save\, conj. Except; unless. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'save'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Save'