save

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.transitive

• She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
• We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.transitive

• Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss.

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To spare (somebody) (from effort, or from something undesirable).ditransitivetransitive

• I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To redeem, protect, rescue, or keep (someone) from eternal damnation.ambitransitiveespeciallytransitive

• Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).transitive

• Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertra

To prevent harm or difficulty.; To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.transitive

To put aside; to avoid.; To store for future use.transitive

• Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

To put aside; to avoid.; To conserve or prevent the wasting of.transitive

• Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.

To put aside; to avoid.; To obviate or make unnecessary.transitive

• Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?

To put aside; to avoid.; To write (a file) to disk or other storage medium.intransitivetransitive

• Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

• As 1942 began, work was now continuing apace on getting the ships back afloat and into dock. The first good news in this regard was West Virginia. Thanks to a combination of Tennessee's unintentional save and the crew's own efforts, she'd s
• It is no coincidence that two of the four 'saves' on our tour connect with the early days of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), where restoration has also been helped by recent research that explains further why these saves are so si

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

• The goaltender made a great save.

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.

• Jones retired seven to earn the save.

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; 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.slang

• The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.

An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.; An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.informal

• Nice save.

The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

• If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
• The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.

A saving throw.

Except; with the exception of.

• Under the terms of the Interdict no church services and offices were to be permitted save the baptism of infants and the confession of the dying.

Unless; except.

• Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise.