Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: sal · vaged ; sal · vag · ing
Date: 1889
: to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin
– sal · vage · abil · i · ty \ ˌ sal-vi-j ə - ' bi-l ə -t ē \ noun
– sal · vage · able \ ' sal-vi-j ə -b ə l \ adjective
– sal · vag · er noun