Definition/Meaning of save

• English - Noun: save ( plural saves ) In various sports , a block that prevents an opponent from scoring . The goaltender made a great save . ( baseball ) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead , and his team wins while continually being ahead . Jones retired seven to earn the save . ( professional wrestling , slang ) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more…
• English - Verb: save ( third-person singular simple present saves , present participle saving , simple past and past participle saved ) ( transitive ) To prevent harm or difficulty . To help (somebody) to survive , or rescue (somebody or something) from harm . She was saved from drowning by a passer-by. We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire . To keep (something) safe; to safeguard .…
• English - Preposition: save Except; with the exception of . Only the parties may institute proceedings , save where the law shall provide otherwise . 1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , Nobody , chapter III: Turning back , then , toward the basement staircase , she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when , of a sudden , she stopped short and for a little stood like a…
• English - Conjunction: save ( dated ) unless; except
• English - Etymology: (First attested 1175–1225) From Middle English saven , sauven , from Old French sauver , from Late Latin salvāre ( “ to save ” )