save
/seɪv/ verb A1- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. · She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.· We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- To spare (somebody) (from effort, or from something undesirable).
- To redeem, protect, rescue, or keep (someone) from eternal damnation.
- To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- To store for future use. · Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.
- To conserve or prevent the wasting of. · Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
Plural save · He/she/it saves · Past saved · Past participle saved · -ing form saving
Verb forms
- Base form
- save
- He/she/it
- saves
- Past
- saved
- Past participle
- saved
- -ing form
- saving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Thank you ever so much for saving my life.”
“Therefore you have done a great deed, as well as a brave one, in saving my life,” added the Queen.
“This funny tin man,” she answered, “killed the Wildcat and saved my life.
Then they told him of the field mice, and how they had generously saved him from death; and the Cowardly Lion laughed, and said:
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