Definition of save Save
/sejĖv/ - [seyv] - save
We found 46 definitions of save from 8 different sources.
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What does save mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: saves |
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| save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" | ||
| prevention, bar the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" | ||
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| save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" | ||
| economize, economise | ||
| expend, spend, drop pay out; "spend money" | ||
| tighten one's belt live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts" | ||
| save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" | ||
| preserve | ||
| hold on, keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
| record, put down, enter register electronically; "They recorded her singing" | ||
| husband, economise, economize, conserve preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" | ||
| save - spend less; buy at a reduced price | ||
| purchase, buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story" | ||
| scrimp, stint, skimp subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" | ||
| save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" | ||
| lay aside, save up | ||
| cache, hive up, lay away, squirrel away, stash, hoard save up as for future use | ||
| save - bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" | ||
| carry through, pull through, bring through | ||
| rescue, deliver take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" | ||
| save - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" | ||
| make unnecessary | ||
| forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| save - save from sins | ||
| deliver, redeem | ||
| organized religion, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| save - save from ruin, destruction, or harm | ||
| salvage, salve, relieve | ||
| rescue, deliver take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" | ||
| save - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" | ||
| write | ||
| tape, record fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the box" | ||
| computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | ||
| overwrite write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file" | ||
| save - refrain from harming | ||
| spare | ||
| forbear, refrain refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker" | ||
| favor, favour consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored" | ||
| save - retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" | ||
| keep open, hold open, keep | ||
| book, reserve, hold engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" | ||
| hold on, keep stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- save (Noun)
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. - save (Noun)
When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead. - save (Noun)
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. - save (Noun)
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. - save (Verb)
To help somebody to survive, or keep somebody from harm. - save (Verb)
To keep something safe; to safeguard. - save (Verb)
To store for future use. - save (Verb)
To conserve or prevent the wasting of. - save (Verb)
To obviate or make unnecessary. - save (Verb)
To write a file to disk or other storage medium . - save (Verb)
To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. - save (Verb)
To economize or avoid waste. - save (Verb)
To accumulate money or valuables. - save (Verb)
To catch or deflect a shot at goal.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- save (n.)
The herb sage, or salvia. - save (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. - save (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. - save (a.)
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. - save (a.)
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. - save (a.)
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. - save (a.)
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. - save (v. i.)
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. - save (a.)
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. - save (conj.)
Except; unless.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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save
To preserve, reserve or set aside for a period of time, in order to reuse it in the future. -
save
To rescue from danger, harm, or an injury that could be sustained; to bring into safety. -
save
To record (a computer file) on a computer storage medium. -
save
To refrain from harming. -
save
To set aside money for future use.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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save
sÄv, 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.āv.i. to be economical.āprep. except.āadjs. Savā²able, Saveā²able.āns. Savā²ableness; Saveā²-all, a contrivance intended to save anything from being wasted.āv.t. Saveā²guard (Spens.), to protect.āns. SÄā²ver, one who saves; Saveā²-revā²erence, or Sir-reverence, an apologetic phrase in conversation to cover anything offensive.āadj. SÄā²ving, disposed to save or be economical: incurring no loss: preserving from wrong: frugal: implying a condition, as a saving clause: exceptional: (theol.) securing salvation.āprep. excepting.ān. that which is saved: (pl.) earnings.āadv. SÄā²vingly, so as to secure salvation.āns. SÄā²vingness; SÄā²vings-bank, a bank for the receipt of small deposits by poor persons, and their accumulation at compound interest.āSave appearances, to keep up an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety. [Fr. sauverāL. salvÄreāsalvus, safe.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary š
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save
If youth knew what age will crave, It sure would strive to get and save. -
save
Who will not save a penny, shall never have many.
Wikipedia 
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ice hockey
In ice hockey, a goaltender is credited with a save when they prevent a shot from entering the net. A goaltender's efficiency (how good he is at doing it) in stopping shots is calculated as a percentage of shots stopped divided by shots aimed at them.
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