save

1. n. The herb sage, or salvia. Source: opted

2. a. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. Source: opted

3. a. Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. Source: opted

4. a. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. Source: opted

5. a. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. Source: opted

6. a. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. Source: opted

7. a. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Source: opted

8. v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Source: opted

9. a. Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. Source: opted

10. conj. Except; unless. Source: opted

11. n. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring Source: wordnet

12. v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm Source: wordnet

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