rescue

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   take forcibly from legal custody

   rescue prisoners

2. 2
   verb

   To save from any violence, danger or evil.

   The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

3. 3
   verb

   To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

   to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

4. 4
   verb

   To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

   Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.

5. 5
   verb

   To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

   Jews rescued some normalcy from increasingly difficult times by assuaging their constant Angst in the family and community and making do with less.

6. 6
   verb

   To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.

   Mecp2^(R255X/+) [mice] developed an overweight body weight phenotype by 10 weeks age and increased liver and heart weight by 8 months age. Abnormal body, liver and heart weight in Mecp2^(R255X/+) was rescued by MECP2ᵀᵍ¹ allele.

7. 7
   verb

   To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.

   I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.

8. 8
   verb

   To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.

   The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”).