save
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
- the goalie made a brilliant save
- the relief pitcher got credit for a save
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
prevention, bar
1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm (Freq. 41)
• Syn:
salvage, salve, relieve
• Derivationally related forms:
saver, salvation (for: salve), salvage (for: salve), salvage (for: salvage), salvager (for: salvage)
• Hypernyms:
rescue, deliver
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use (Freq. 16)
- She saved the old family photographs in a drawer
• Syn:
preserve
• Derivationally related forms:
preserve (for: preserve), saver
• Hypernyms:
keep, hold on
• Hyponyms:
record, enter, put down, conserve, husband,
economize, economise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. bring into safety (Freq. 4)
- We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
• Syn:
carry through, pull through, bring through
• Derivationally related forms:
savior
• Hyponyms:
rescue, deliver
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They save him from writing the letter
4. spend less;
buy at a reduced price (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
saver
• Hyponyms:
scrimp, stint, skimp
• Entailment:
buy, purchase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something on somebody
5. accumulate money for future use (Freq. 4)
- He saves half his salary
• Syn:
lay aside, save up
• Derivationally related forms:
savings
• Hyponyms:
hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s
- They save the money
6. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort (Freq. 4)
- This will save money
- I'll save you the trouble
- This will save you a lot of time
• Syn:
make unnecessary
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
7. save from sins (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
deliver, redeem
• Derivationally related forms:
redemptive (for: redeem), redemptory (for: redeem), redemption (for: redeem), Redeemer (for: redeem), Deliverer (for: deliver), deliverer (for: deliver)
• Topics:
religion, faith, organized religion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
8. refrain from harming (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
spare
• Derivationally related forms:
sparer (for: spare)
• Hypernyms:
refrain, forbear
• Hyponyms:
favor, favour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
9. retain rights to (Freq. 1)
- keep my job for me while I give birth
- keep my seat, please
- keep open the possibility of a merger
• Syn:
keep open, hold open, keep
• Hypernyms:
reserve, hold, book
• Verb Group:
keep, hold on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
10. spend sparingly, avoid the waste of (Freq. 1)
- This move will save money
- The less fortunate will have to economize now
• Syn:
economize, economise
• Derivationally related forms:
economiser (for: economise), economizer (for: economize), economy (for: economize), saver
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
tighten one's belt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something ----s something
11. record data on a computer
- boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
• Syn:
write
• Topics:
computer science, computing
• Hypernyms:
record, tape
• Hyponyms:
overwrite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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