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Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive), Conjunction, Preposition


Saven. [See Sage the herb.].
     The herb sage, or salvia.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
Savev. t. [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.].
    "God save all this fair company."  [1913 Webster]
    "He cried, saying, Lord, save me."  [1913 Webster]
    "Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
    A world from utter loss.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.  [1913 Webster]
    "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.  [1913 Webster]
    "Now save a nation, and now save a groat."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.  [1913 Webster]
    "I'll save you
    That labor, sir. All's now done.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.  [1913 Webster]
    "Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?"  [1913 Webster]
  •  To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.  [1913 Webster]
    "Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit."  [1913 Webster]
To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Syn. -- To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.
Savev. i. 
     To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.  [1913 Webster]
    "Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material."  [1913 Webster]
Saveprep.  [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.].
     Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.  [1913 Webster]
    "Five times received I forty stripes save one."  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- See Except.
     Except; unless.  [1913 Webster]


Save, v. & n.
1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. (saved my life; saved me from drowning).
2 tr. (often foll. by up) keep for future use; reserve; refrain from spending (saved up {pound}150 for a new bike; likes to save plastic bags).
3 tr. (often refl.) a relieve (another person or oneself) from spending (money, time, trouble, etc.); prevent exposure to (annoyance etc.) (saved myself {pound}50; a word processor saves time). b obviate the need or likelihood of (soaking saves scrubbing).
4 tr. preserve from damnation; convert (saved her soul).
5 tr. & refl. husband or preserve (one's strength, health, etc.) (saving himself for the last lap; save your energy).
6 intr. (often foll. by up) save money for future use.
7 tr. a avoid losing (a game, match, etc.). b prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal etc.). c stop (a ball etc.) from entering the goal.
1 Football etc. the act of preventing an opponent's scoring etc.
2 Bridge a sacrifice-bid to prevent unnecessary losses.

1 a device to prevent waste.
2 hist. a pan with a spike for burning up candle-ends. save appearances present a prosperous, respectable, etc. appearance. save-as-you-earn Brit. a method of saving by regular deduction from earnings at source. save one's breath not waste time speaking to no effect. save a person's face see FACE. save the situation (or day) find or provide a solution to difficulty or disaster. save one's skin (or neck or bacon) avoid loss, injury, or death; escape from danger. save the tide get in or out (of port etc.) while it lasts. save the trouble avoid useless or pointless effort.
savable adj. (also saveable).
Save, prep. & conj. archaic or poet.
--prep. except; but (all save him).
--conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except (happy save for one want; is well save that he has a cold).

ME f. OF sauf sauve f. L salvo, salva, ablat. sing. of salvus SAFE







VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.


N nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction, retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease, abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, less, short of, minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count.




VB deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom, bring off, bring through, tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue, rid, retrieve, be rid of, get rid of.




VB be economical, practice economy, economize, save, retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses, cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go, husband, save money, invest money, put out to interest, provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day, feather one's nest, look after the main chance, cut costs.



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