save

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

   the goalie made a brilliant save

2. 2
   verb

   make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

   This will save money

3. 3
   verb

   to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

   I saved the old family photographs in a drawer.

4. 4
   verb

   accumulate money for future use

   We regularly save for retirement and vacations.

5. 5
   verb

   spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

   This move will save money

6. 6
   verb

   To prevent harm or difficulty.

   She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.

7. 7
   verb

   To put aside; to avoid.

   Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

8. 8
   noun

   An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

   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.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).