save

verb17

1. •
   to help someone stay alive, or keep someone or something from harm

   • She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
   • We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
2. •
   To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

   • Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
3. •
   To store for future use.

   • Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.
4. •
   To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

   • Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.
5. •
   To accumulate money or valuables.
6. •
   To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

   • Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
7. •
   To economize or avoid waste.
8. •
   To prevent harm or difficulty.
9. •
   To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

   • Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss. — 1667
10. •
    To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
11. •
    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.
12. •
    To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

    • I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done. — 1613
13. •
    To obviate or make unnecessary.

    • Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? — 1681
14. •
    To put aside; to avoid.
15. •
    (informal) To avoid saying something.

    • Save your excuses and lies.
16. •
    [with oneself] To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.

    • She told me she's saving herself for marriage.
17. •
    (slang, no longer used) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.

noun7

1. •
   An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
2. •
   In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

   • The goaltender made a great save.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   (slang) 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.

   • The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
5. •
   (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.

   • Nice save.
6. •
   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.
7. •
   A saving throw.

conjunction1

1. •
   Unless; except.

   • Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise. — 2009

preposition1

1. •
   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. — 2004

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of synthetic attenuated viral engineering

noun1

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.

   • “I am from the Save River. But I married. To a man from afar, Phiri, from Malawi.” — 2018