Idiom: Save
Meanings
From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).
How to pronounce "save":
To prevent harm or difficulty. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable. To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
Example: "She was saved from drowning by a passer-by."
Example: "We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire."
Example: "Jesus Christ came to save sinners."
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
Example: "She was saved from drowning by a passer-by."
Example: "We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire."
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
Example: "Jesus Christ came to save sinners."
