English Dictionary

save

/seɪv/

verb

To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. / To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. / To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

I will do everything I can to save you.

意味（1）

To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.

She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.

意味（2）

To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss.

意味（3）

To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.

意味（4）

(Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

意味（5）

(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).

Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.

意味（6）

(baseball) 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.

意味（7）

(transitive) To store for future use.

Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

意味（8）

(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.

意味（9）

(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?

意味（10）

(transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

意味（11）

(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.

意味（12）

(transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.

意味（13）

(reflexive, idiomatic, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.

She told me she's saving herself for marriage.