Save
[seɪv] or [sev]
Definition
(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.) make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; 'This will save money'; 'I'll save you the trouble'; 'This will save you a lot of time'.
(verb.) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; 'She saved the old family photographs in a drawer'.
(verb.) accumulate money for future use; 'He saves half his salary'.
(verb.) spend less; buy at a reduced price.
(verb.) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; 'This move will save money'; 'The less fortunate will have to economize now'.
(verb.) bring into safety; 'We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack'.
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The herb sage, or salvia.
(a.) 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.
(a.) 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.
(a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
(a.) To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
(a.) To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
(a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
(v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
(a.) Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
(conj.) Except; unless.
Editor: Melinda
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Deliver, rescue, protect, preserve, redeem.[2]. Reserve, keep, hold, husband, lay up, lay by.[3]. Spare, prevent, hinder, obviate, insure against.
prep. Except, leaving out, not including.
Edited by Alta
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Preserve, rescue, secure, reserve, spare, hinder, obviate, prevent, snatch,catch, economize, husband
ANT:Lose, betray, abandon, destroy, surrender, {[iiupo-r]?}, facilitate, promote,induce, occasion, cause, miss, expose, imperil, endanger, risk, waste, lavish,[See SCATTER]
Inputed by Jesse
Definition
v.t. to bring safe out of evil: to rescue: to reserve: to spare: to deliver from the power of sin and from its consequences: to husband: to hoard: to be in time for: to obviate to prevent something worse.—v.i. to be economical.—prep. except.—adjs. Sav′able Save′able.—ns. Sav′ableness; Save′-all a contrivance intended to save anything from being wasted.—v.t. Save′guard (Spens.) to protect.—ns. Sā′ver one who saves; Save′-rev′erence or Sir-reverence an apologetic phrase in conversation to cover anything offensive.—adj. Sā′ving disposed to save or be economical: incurring no loss: preserving from wrong: frugal: implying a condition as a saving clause: exceptional: (theol.) securing salvation.—prep. excepting.—n. that which is saved: (pl.) earnings.—adv. Sā′vingly so as to secure salvation.—ns. Sā′vingness; Sā′vings-bank a bank for the receipt of small deposits by poor persons and their accumulation at compound interest.—Save appearances to keep up an appearance of wealth comfort or propriety.
Checked by Hugo
Examples
- To save you trouble. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Nothing but energy can save you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He seemed to save up his Misers as they had saved up their money. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And ze time will be save--entirely save! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Everybody outside the Hellenic circle was a barbarian, and negligible save as a possible enemy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such instances save us from utter despair of our kind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Lord save us! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You have saved my life: I have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He seemed to save up his Misers as they had saved up their money. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Your officer, Captain Dufranne, is one of them, and the forest man who has saved the lives of every member of my father's party is the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I've saved you some thousands of dollars, at different times, by taking care of your hands,--that's all the thanks I get. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hundreds of cities and millions of dollars have been thus saved from destruction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The crusade saved the principality of Antioch for a time, but failed to retake Jerusalem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has just saved your life, Miss Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But there was nothing to be done, saving to communicate to Wemmick what I had that night found out, and to remind him that we waited for his hint. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As Mr. Muzzle uttered these words, he took a step or two towards the door; and, by way of saving time, began to pull off his coat as he walked along. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I added this saving clause, in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are all labor-saving machines themselves, every one of 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On this principle nurserymen always prefer saving seed from a large body of plants, as the chance of intercrossing is thus lessened. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Few people of common prudence will do THAT; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It saves the milk, which their price would not pay for. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It saves, probably, several days in the capture, and leaves troops and transports ready for immediate service. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It saves trouble, and is a something to get me out. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A month's wages saves a month's waste and gluttony in the servants' hall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This saves the gun and its crew from injury by return fire. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It shows the sciences in their interrelations, and saves the student from narrowness and premature specialization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Lyle