Associations to the word «Save»

SAVE, noun. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

SAVE, noun. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead.

SAVE, noun. (professional wrestling) (slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.

SAVE, noun. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

SAVE, verb. (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.

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

SAVE, verb. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

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

SAVE, verb. (theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

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

SAVE, verb. To put aside, to avoid.

SAVE, verb. (transitive) To store for future use.

SAVE, verb. (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

SAVE, verb. (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

SAVE, verb. (transitive) (computing) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

SAVE, verb. (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.

SAVE, verb. (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.

SAVE, preposition. Except; with the exception of.

SAVE, conjunction. (dated) unless; except

SAVE AS, verb. (intransitive) (computing) To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a filename, and such that when the filename is specified, an appropriate file will be saved with that name (even if it already has a different name).

SAVE AS, verb. (transitive) (computing) To specify a (possibly new) filename for a file, and save it under that name.

SAVE BY THE BELL, verb. (transitive) (boxing) (wrestling) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.

SAVE BY THE BELL, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) (by extension) To rescue or favorably assist (someone) by means of a timely interruption or the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.

SAVE DOWN, verb. (computing) To write a computer file to disk.

SAVE FACE, verb. (idiomatic) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.

SAVE ONE'S BREATH, verb. (idiomatic) To refrain from speech.

SAVE ONESELF, verb. (idiomatic) (figuratively) To refrain from having sex until one meets a suitable person to date or betroth or marry

SAVE POINT, noun. (video games) A location found in video games that allows the player to save their game, often found in non-overworld areas such as towns and dungeons, where saving anywhere is not allowed. Gameplay resumes from the save point used.

SAVE POINTS, noun. Plural of save point

SAVE SLOT, noun. (video games) One of a set of programmer-determined slots (such as files or memory addresses) for creating a saved game.

SAVE SLOTS, noun. Plural of save slot

SAVE SOMEONE'S BACON, verb. (idiomatic) To rescue, especially to save someone's life.

SAVE SOMEONE'S BACON, verb. To prevent an undesirable occurrence.

SAVE SOMEONE'S SKIN, verb. (idiomatic) (informal) To save someone's life.

SAVE SOMEONE'S SKIN, verb. To prevent an undesirable occurrence

SAVE STATE, noun. Alternative spelling of savestate

SAVE THE DATE, noun. Informal notice of the date of a marriage sent before a formal invitation.

SAVE THE DAY, verb. (idiomatic) To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure.

SAVE UP, verb. (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.

SAVE VS., verb. (transitive) (gaming slang) (nonstandard) In certain games, to successfully guard against a particular danger

SAVE, noun. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save".

SAVE, verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

SAVE, verb. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer".

SAVE, verb. Bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack".

SAVE, verb. Spend less; buy at a reduced price.

SAVE, verb. Accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary".

SAVE, verb. Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time".

SAVE, verb. Save from sins.

SAVE, verb. Refrain from harming.

SAVE, verb. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now".

SAVE, verb. Retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger".

SAVE, verb. Record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk".