Save word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports); "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"
[verb] make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
[verb] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
[verb] feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"
[verb] spend less; buy at a reduced price
[verb] retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
[verb] spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
[verb] refrain from harming
[verb] save from ruin or destruction
[verb] from sins, as in religious dogma
[verb] bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

\Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. God save all this fair company. --Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton. 2. (Theol.) 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. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15. 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope. 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak. 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden. 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. {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.
\Save\, v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. --Bacon.
\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\, conj. Except; unless.

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