Save — Defs

01 n. The herb sage, or salvia.

02 v. t. 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 …

imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving

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.” — Chaucer.

“He cried, saying, Lord, save me.” — Matt. xiv. 30.

“Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss.” — Milton.
2.
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.(Theol.)
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” — 1 Tim. i. 15.
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.” — Pope.
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.” — Shak.
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?” — Dryden.
6.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
“Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.” — Swift.

Phrases & compounds

To save appearances — to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

Syn. To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.

03 v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

1.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
“Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.” — Bacon.

04 prep. [or] conj. Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

1.
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
“Five times received I forty stripes save one.” — 2 Cor. xi. 24.

Syn. See Except.

05 conj. Except; unless.