Collins English-English Dictionary

save [seɪv]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm

2. 2. vt. to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc)

3. 3. vt. [tr] to deliver from sin; redeem

4. 4. vt. [often foll by up] to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use

5. 5. vt. [tr] to treat with care so as to avoid or lessen wear or degeneration

   use a good light to save your eyes

6. 6. vt. [tr] to prevent the necessity for; obviate the trouble of

   good work now will save future revision

7. 7. vt. [tr] [sport] to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a struck ball or puck)

8. 8. vi. [intr] [chiefly US] (of food) to admit of preservation; keep

9. 9. n [sport] the act of saving a goal

10. 10. n [computing] an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk

11. 11. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French salver, via Late Latin from Latin salvus safe

save [seɪv]

1. 1. prep [archaic or literary] [often foll by for] saving with the exception of

2. 2. conj but; except

3. 3. conj [Etymology] C13 sauf, from Old French, from Latin salvo, from salvus safe