English Explanatory Dictionary

save

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prevent harm or difficulty.
  2. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
  3. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
  4. To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
  5. To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
  6. To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
  7. 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.
  8. To put aside; to avoid.
  9. To store for future use.
  10. To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
  11. To obviate or make unnecessary.
  12. To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
noun
  1. An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
  2. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
  3. A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
  4. 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.
  5. An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
  6. The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
  7. A saving throw.
prep
  1. Except; with the exception of.
conj
  1. unless; except
name
  1. A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.
  2. A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.

Pronunciation

sāv /seɪv/ en-us-save.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-save.wav /sæɪv/ /sev/ /seːv/

Word forms

save saves saving saved no-table-tags glossary savest savedst saveth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

Synonyms

saving barring except for save for Sabi

Derived words

a penny saved is a penny earned a penny saved is a penny gained autosave auto-save captain save a hoe daylight-saving time dissave face-saving foresave God save the mark lifesaver lifesaving outsave oversave quicksave resave savable save-all save appearances save as save back save by the bell saved by the bell saved game savegame save face save file savefile save for a rainy day save harmless save it savement save one's breath save one's breath to cool one's porridge save one's neck save one's skin save over save point savepoint savescum save slot save someone's bacon save someone's face save someone's life save someone's skin save something for a rainy day save state savestate save the best for last save the date save the day save the drama for your mama save the drama for your momma save the furniture save the mark save up save versus saving your presence saving your reverence scrimp and save
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