conj except; unless.
2. save ·noun the herb sage, or salvia.
3. save ·adj to hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
4. save ·adj except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
5. save ·vi to avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
6. save ·adj to rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
7. save ·adj to keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
8. save ·adj to hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
9. save ·adj 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.
10. save ·adj 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.