save
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/seɪv/]
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1. save (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To prevent harm or difficulty.: To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
Example: She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
2. save (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To prevent harm or difficulty.: To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
Example: Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss.
3. save (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To prevent harm or difficulty.: To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
Example: I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.
4. save (noun) — sense 4
Definition: An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
Example: As 1942 began, work was now continuing apace on getting the ships back afloat and into dock. The first good news in this regard was West Virginia. Thanks to a combination of Tennessees unintentional save' and the crew's own efforts, she'd settled upright, and so divers estimated that, if the various holes could be patched and pumping done in a sensible order from the top down, she should just rise back up to the surface on an even keel, which, in turn, meant that a lot of the initial work on removing her main battery could now be stopped.
5. save (noun) — sense 5
Definition: An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.: In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
Example: The goaltender made a great save.
6. save (noun) — sense 6
Definition: An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.: A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
Example: Jones retired seven to earn the save.
7. save (prep) — sense 7
Definition: Except; with the exception of.
Example: 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.
8. save (conj) — sense 8
Definition: Unless; except.
Example: Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise.
Structure of the word
Roots:- solh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
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