to keep money, time, or resources instead of using them so you can use them later
Emily tries to save five dollars from her allowance every week.
During the dry season, the town asks everyone to save water by taking shorter showers.
✦ From Old French sauver, from Latin salvāre “to make safe, protect, preserve.”
to stop someone or something from being hurt, lost, or destroyed
The firefighter saved the kitten from the burning house.
Wearing a seat belt can save your life in a crash.
to store data or a document on a computer or device so you can open it later
Don’t forget to save your document before shutting down the laptop.
He saved the photos to a cloud drive so he could view them on his phone.
an act of stopping the ball or puck from going into the goal in sports
The goalkeeper’s spectacular save kept the score tied.
With two seconds left, she made a diving save to win the match.
except; other than
All the windows were closed save one.
No one knew the plan save the commander.
✦ From Middle English sauf, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus “safe, unharmed.” Sense of “except” developed from legal language.
