1. Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
   "The team worked tirelessly to save what they could from the wreckage";
   - salvage, salve, relieve
    
2. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use
   "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer";
   - preserve
    
3. Accumulate money for future use
   "He saves half his salary";
   - lay aside, save up
    
4. Bring into safety
   "We saved most of the victims of the bomb attack";
   - carry through, pull through, bring through
    
5. Spend less; buy at a reduced price
   "She saved money by buying in bulk"; "They saved on their vacation by booking early"
    
6. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
   "This move will save money";
   - economize, economise [Brit]
    
7. Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
   "This will save you a lot of time"; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"
    
8. Refrain from harming
   "The judge saved the defendant from a harsh sentence";
   - spare
    
9. (religious) rescue from sin, damnation, or evil
   "The preacher's words saved many from their sinful ways";
   - deliver, redeem
    
10. Retain rights to
    "The author saved all rights to the manuscript";
    - keep open, hold open, keep
     
11. (computing) record data on a computer
    "Don't forget to save your work before closing the program";
    - write, store

1. (sport) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
   "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

1. Other than; used to introduce an exception to a proceeding statement
   "I'd tell you the story, save I can't remember how it begins";
   - except

1. Not including, other than, except for
   "All present members ratified it, save one";
   - aside from, apart from, but for, save for, excluding, except, with the exception of, other than

Derived forms: saving, saved, saves

See also: lay

Type of: accumulate, act, amass, bar, book, collect, compile, deliver, drop, expend, forbear, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hoard, hold, hold on, keep, move, pile up, preclude, prevent, prevention, record, refrain, rescue, reserve, roll up, spend, tape

Encyclopedia: Save, Rwanda