save n : (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" v
1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve]
2. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [syn: preserve]
3. bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: carry through, pull through, bring through}]
4. spend less; buy at a reduced price
5. feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary" [syn: lay aside, save up]
6. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" [syn: make unnecessary]
7. save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem]
8. refrain from harming [syn: spare]
9. spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: economize, economise]
10. retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [syn: keep open, hold open, keep]

Save \Save\, prep. or conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor. xi. 24. Syn: See Except.

Save \Save\, conj. Except; unless.

Save \Save\, n. [See Sage the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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