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SAVE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

Example:

the relief pitcher got credit for a save

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("save" is a kind of...):

bar; prevention (the act of preventing)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

Example:

This will save you a lot of time

Synonyms:

make unnecessary; save

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Record data on a computer

Example:

boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk

Synonyms:

save; write

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

record; tape (register electronically)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

overwrite (write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

To keep up and reserve for personal or special use

Example:

She saved the old family photographs in a drawer

Synonyms:

preserve; save

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

conserve; economise; economize; husband (use cautiously and frugally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

saver (someone who saves (especially money))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Accumulate money for future use

Example:

He saves half his salary

Synonyms:

lay aside; save; save up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

cache; hive up; hoard; lay away; squirrel away; stash (save up as for future use)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They save the money

Derivation:

savings (a fund of money put by as a reserve)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Spend less; buy at a reduced price

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

"Save" entails doing...:

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

scrimp; skimp; stint (subsist on a meager allowance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody

Derivation:

saver (someone who saves (especially money))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Retain rights to

Example:

keep open the possibility of a merger

Synonyms:

hold open; keep; keep open; save

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

book; hold; reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)

Verb group:

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

Example:

The less fortunate will have to economize now

Synonyms:

economise; economize; save

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

tighten one's belt (live frugally and use less resources)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Something ----s something

Derivation:

saver (someone who saves (especially money))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Refrain from harming

Synonyms:

save; spare

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

forbear; refrain (resist doing something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

favor; favour (treat gently or carefully)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 9

Meaning:

Save from ruin, destruction, or harm

Synonyms:

relieve; salvage; salve; save

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "save" is one way to...):

deliver; rescue (free from harm or evil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

saver (someone who saves something from danger or violence)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Save from sins

Synonyms:

deliver; redeem; save

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Domain category:

faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 11

Meaning:

Bring into safety

Example:

We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Synonyms:

bring through; carry through; pull through; save

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "save"):

deliver; rescue (free from harm or evil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They save him from writing the letter

Derivation:

savior (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The usual fire was necessary to save them.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Jim, said Silver when we were alone, if I saved your life, you saved mine; and I'll not forget it.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“We have come too late,” he said sternly, “whether to save or punish. Hyde is gone to his account; and it only remains for us to find the body of your master.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

There’s no link between the two save for Henderson’s own servant, who serves the family’s meals.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But my uncle did the only thing that could have saved us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Never had he in his quiet life seen so great a town, nor was there in the whole of England, save London alone, one which might match it in size or in wealth.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There he sits as easy and happy as if he was at home, in the chair by his fireside; he trips against no stones, saves shoe-leather, and gets on he hardly knows how.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She thanked him for saving them and sat down to breakfast, after which they started again upon their journey.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

You’ve been working hard and perhaps have put others first, but in February, save time to enjoy for yourself.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

That could save money, time and lives.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)