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■ verb
1》 keep safe or rescue from harm or danger.
↘prevent from dying.
↘(in Christian use) preserve (a soul) from damnation.
2》 store up for future use.
↘preserve.
3》 Computing keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location.
4》 ( ~ it ) N. Amer. informal be quiet.
5》 avoid the need to use up or spend.
↘avoid, lessen, or guard against.
6》 prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) or from winning (the game).
↘ Soccer prevent (a shot) from entering the goal.
↘ Baseball (of a relief pitcher) preserve (a winning position) gained by another pitcher.
■ noun
1》 chiefly Soccer an act of saving a shot on goal.
↘ Baseball an instance of saving a winning position.
2》 Computing an act of saving data.
Phrases
~ one's breath not bother to say something pointless.
~ the day (or situation ) provide a solution to a problem.
~ someone's skin (or neck or bacon ) rescue someone from difficulty.
~ the tide Nautical, archaic get in and out of port while the tide lasts.
Derivatives
savable (also ~able ) adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. sauver , from late L. salvare , from L. salvus 'safe'.
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■ preposition & conj. formal or literary except; other than.
Origin
ME: from OFr. sauf , sauve , from L. salvo , salva (ablative singular of salvus 'safe'), used in phrs such as salvo jure, salva innocentia 'with no violation of right or innocence'.