Save
Save , noun
[See Sage the herb.]
The herb sage, or salvia. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Save , transitive verb
[Old English saven, sauven, salven, Old French salver, sauver, French sauver, Latin salvare, from salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1.
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.
God save all this fair company.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Thou hast... quitted all to save
A world from utter loss.
2.
(Theology) 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.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
3.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now save a groat.
4.
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
I'll save you
That labor, sir. All's now done.
5.
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
6.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.
Collocations (1)
To save appearances , to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Save , intransitive verb
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
Save , prep. o conj.
[French sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.]
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Five times received I forty stripes save one.
Save , conjunction
Except; unless.