Definitions for saving

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saving sav·ing

Spelling: [sey-ving]

IPA: /ˈseɪ vɪŋ/

Saving is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in saving (aginsv).

Definitions for saving

noun

1. a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:
2. something that is saved.
3. savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.
4. Law. a reservation or exception.
5. an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
6. Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.

adjective

1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
2. compensating; redeeming:
3. thrifty; economical:
4. making a reservation:

conjunction

1. except; save.

preposition

1. except:
2. with all due respect to or for:

verb (used with object)

1. to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss:
2. to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve:
3. to keep from being lost:
4. to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of:
5. to keep, as for reuse:
6. to set aside, reserve, or lay by:
7. to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.:
8. to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate:
9. Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
10. Computers. to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium.
11. Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.

verb (used without object)

1. to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
2. to be economical in expenditure.
3. to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
4. to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food.

Origin of saving

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at save¹, -ing², -ing¹

Examples for saving

Their last hope for saving humanity, Eugene, turned out to be a liar with no idea how to stop the zombie virus.

And he offered no explicit reminder that the NYPD had been saving thousands of black lives, along with many others.

We thanked them on stage for saving our asses and supporting indie music.

But it was not only in Eastern Europe that his saving influence was felt.

Only some chips that I'm saving till mother has her nap out.

After reading this note, I thought not of pursuing or saving Lady Glenthorn.

Now, the goalkeeper is out with a memoir about his life until that point: The Keeper: A Life of saving Goals and Achieving Them.

How the devil would have laughed at the idea of a society for saving the world!

Who, think you, does more injustice, a prodigal man or a saving man?

But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.