SAVE

To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a new filename to save the current document under.

To store for use in leaner periods later (e.g. in winter)

In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.

To write a computer file to disk.

To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.

To keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future.

Do not bother with the explanation that you are about to give; be quiet.

To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.

to preserve someone's pride, especially as defined by customary social settings.

To prevent someone from dying.

To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure.

To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.

To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.