save
noun
1 save
sports The act of preventing the opposition from scoring.
verb
1 save
2 save
To keep up and reserve for personal or special use:
— She saved the old family photographs in a drawer.
synonym: preserve.
Roget 670:
preserve,
maintain,
keep,
sustain,
support,
hold;
keep up,
keep alive;
refrigerate,
keep on ice;
not willingly let die;
bank up;
nurse;
save,
rescue;
be safe,
make safe
etc.
664;
take care of
etc.
(care)
459;
guard
etc.
(defend)
717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]
[Bacon];
hold one's own;
hold one's ground,
stand one's ground
etc.
(resist)
719.
embalm,
cure,
salt,
pickle,
season,
kyanize†,
bottle,
pot,
tin,
can;
sterilize,
pasteurize,
radiate;
dry,
lyophilize [Chem],
freeze-dry,
concentrate,
evaporate;
freeze,
quick-freeze,
deep-freeze;
husband
etc.
(store)
636.
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Roget 636:
store;
put by,
lay by,
set by;
stow away;
set apart,
lay apart;
store treasure,
hoard treasure,
lay up,
heap up,
put up,
garner up,
save up;
bank;
cache;
accumulate,
amass,
hoard,
fund,
garner,
save.
reserve;
keep back,
hold back;
husband,
husband one's resources.
deposit;
stow,
stack,
load;
harvest;
heap,
collect
etc.
72;
lay in store
etc.
Adj.;
keep,
file
(papers);
lay in
etc.
(provide)
637;
preserve
etc.
670.
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Dutch: openhouden, vrijhouden
3 save
4 save
Spend less; buy at a reduced price.
5 save
Accumulate money for future use:
— He saves half his salary.
synonyms: lay aside, save up.
Dutch: sparen
6 save
Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort:
— This will save money.
— I'll save you the trouble.
— This will save you a lot of time.
synonym: make unnecessary.
7 save
Save from sins.
synonyms: deliver, redeem.
Roget 672:
deliver,
extricate,
rescue,
save,
emancipate,
redeem,
ransom;
bring off,
bring through;
tirer d'affaire [Fr.],
get the wheel out of the rut,
snatch from the jaws of death,
come to the rescue;
rid;
retrieve
etc.
(restore)
660;
be rid of,
get rid of.
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Roget 976:
create,
move,
uphold,
preserve,
govern
&c.;
atone,
redeem,
save,
propitiate,
mediate,
&c.;
predestinate,
elect,
call,
ordain,
bless,
justify,
sanctify,
glorify
&c..
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Dutch: bevrijden, vrijkopen
8 save
Refrain from harming.
synonym: spare.
9 save
Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of:
— This move will save money.
synonyms: economise, economize.
Roget 817:
be economical
etc.
adj.;
practice economy;
economize,
save;
retrench,
cut back expenses,
cut expenses;
cut one's coat according to one's cloth,
make both ends meet,
keep within compass,
meet one's expenses,
pay one's way,
pay as you go;
husband
etc.
(lay by)
636.
save money,
invest money;
put out to interest;
provide for a rainy day,
save for a rainy day,
provide against a rainy day,
save against a rainy day;
feather one's nest;
look after the main chance.
cut costs.
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10 save
11 save
Record data on a computer.
synonym: write.
adverb
Roget 55:
exclusive of,
barring;
except;
with the exception of;
save;
bating.
Roget 38:
in deduction
etc.
n.;
less;
short of;
minus,
without,
except,
except for,
excepting,
with the exception of,
barring,
save,
exclusive of,
save and except,
with a reservation;
not counting,
if one doesn't count.
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