Definitions for Save
Save
save
Spelling: [seyv]
IPA: /seɪv/
Save is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 30 anagrams from letters in Save (aesv).
Definitions for Save
noun
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an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
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Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
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Sava.
conjunction
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except; but (usually followed by that):
preposition
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except; but:
verb (used with object)
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to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss:
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to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve:
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to keep from being lost:
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to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of:
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to keep, as for reuse:
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to set aside, reserve, or lay by:
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to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.:
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to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate:
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Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
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Computers. to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium.
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Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.
verb (used without object)
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to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
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to be economical in expenditure.
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to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
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to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food.
Origin of Save
1175-1225; Middle English sa(u)ven Old French sauver Late Latin salvāre to save; see safe
Examples for Save
Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.
And she never so much as dreamt that he would cast an eye on her save in kindness.
“We started doing this because we want to save lives,” Jonson says.
He bore still around him the rope that was to save the rest.
Like background check laws across the country, it will help keep guns out of dangerous hands, reduce gun crime, and save lives.
For one thing Fred sha'n't get into that kind of muss if I can save him from it.
Were all the events of life combining to ruin or to save him?
Tell me, Jesse, tell your friend, who came into the world to save sinners?
If the world is going to end, why are evangelicals so busy trying to save it?
Alexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.