n. 25B6; verb
the captain was saved by his crew : RESCUE, come to someone's rescue, save someone's life; set free, free, liberate, deliver, extricate; bail out; informal save someone's bacon/neck/skin.
the farmhouse has been saved from demolition : PRESERVE, keep safe, keep, protect, safeguard; salvage, retrieve, reclaim, rescue.
start saving old newspapers for wrapping china : PUT ASIDE, set aside, put by, put to one side, save up, keep, retain, reserve, conserve, stockpile, store, hoard, save for a rainy day; informal salt away, squirrel away, stash away, hang on to.
asking me first would have saved a lot of trouble : PREVENT, obviate, forestall, spare; stop; avoid, avert.
25B6; preposition & conjunction (formal) no one needed to know save herself : EXCEPT, apart from, but, other than, besides, aside from, bar, barring, excluding, leaving out, saving; informal outside of.