save1
v.
- keep safe or rescue from harm or danger.
▸prevent from dying.
▸(in Christian use) preserve (a soul) from damnation.
- store up for future use.
▸preserve.
- Computing keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location.
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(save it)
N. Amer. informal be quiet.
- avoid the need to use up or spend.
▸avoid, lessen, or guard against.
- prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) or from winning (the game).
▸Soccer prevent (a shot) from entering the goal.
▸Baseball (of a relief pitcher) preserve (a winning position) gained by another pitcher.
n.
- chiefly Soccer an act of saving a shot on goal.
▸Baseball an instance of saving a winning position.
- Computing an act of saving data.
Phrase
- save one's breath
not bother to say something pointless. - save the day
(or situation)
provide a solution to a problem. - save someone's skin
(or neck or bacon)
rescue someone from difficulty. - save the tide
Nautical, archaic get in and out of port while the tide lasts.
Derivative
- savable
(also saveable)
adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. sauver, from late L. salvare, from L. salvus ‘safe’.
save2
prep.
&
conj.
formal or
literary except; other than.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. sauf, sauve, from L. salvo, salva (ablative sing. of salvus ‘safe’), used in phrs such as salvo jure, salva innocentia ‘with no violation of right or innocence’.