1. • noun - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
   • verb - save from ruin, destruction, or harm
   • verb - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
   • verb - bring into safety
   • verb - spend less
   • verb - accumulate money for future use
   • verb - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
   • verb - save from sins
   • verb - refrain from harming
   • verb - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
   • verb - retain rights to
   • verb - record data on a computer
2. • To rescue from harm, danger, or loss.
   • To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem.
   • To keep in a safe condition; safeguard.
   • To prevent the waste or loss of; conserve.
   • To set aside for future use; store.
   • To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare: save one’s eyesight.
   • To make unnecessary; obviate: Your taking the trunk to the attic has saved me an extra trip.
   • To prevent (a goal, score, or win by an opponent).
   • To preserve (another pitcher’s win) by protecting one’s team’s lead during a stint of relief pitching.
   • To copy (a file) from a computer’s main memory to a disk or other storage medium so that it can be used again.
   • To avoid waste or expense; economize.
   • To accumulate money: saving for a vacation.
   • To preserve a person or thing from harm or loss.
   • An act that prevents an opponent from scoring.
   • A preservation by a relief pitcher of another pitcher’s win.
   • Were it not; except: The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.
   • Unless.
3. • adj - to rescue from danger, injury, or loss [v SAVED, SAVING, SAVES] : SAVEABLE

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