| save1 (seɪv) |
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| —vb |
| 1. | (tr) to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm |
| 2. | to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc) |
| 3. | (tr) to deliver from sin; redeem |
| 4. | (often foll by up) to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use |
| 5. | (tr) to treat with care so as to avoid or lessen wear or degeneration: use a good light to save your eyes |
| 6. | (tr) to prevent the necessity for; obviate the trouble of: good work now will save future revision |
| 7. | (tr) sport to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a struck ball or puck) |
| 8. | chiefly (US) (intr) (of food) to admit of preservation; keep |
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| 9. | sport the act of saving a goal |
| 10. | computing an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk |
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| [C13: from Old French salver, via Late Latin from Latin salvus safe] |
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| 'savable1 |
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| 'saveable1 |
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| 'savableness1 |
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| 'saveableness1 |
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| 'saver1 |
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