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saveable
Variant of save
save
definition
save (sāv)
transitive verb saved, saving sav′·ing
- to rescue or preserve from harm, danger, injury, etc.; make or keep safe
- to keep in health and well-being: now only in certain formulas God save the king!
- to preserve for future use; lay by: often with up
- to prevent or guard against loss or waste of to save time, to save a game
- to avoid, prevent, lessen, or guard against to save wear and tear
- to treat or use carefully in order to preserve, lessen wear, etc.
- Comput. to copy (data, a file, etc.) from random-access memory to a disk, tape, etc. for storage
- Theol. to deliver from sin and its penalties
Etymology: ME saven < OFr sauver, salver < L salvare < salvus, safe
intransitive verb
- to avoid expense, loss, waste, etc.; be economical
- to keep something or someone from danger, harm, etc.
- to put by money or goods; hoard: often with up
- to keep; last
- Theol. to bring about deliverance from sin and its penalties
noun
- Sports an action that keeps an opponent from scoring or winning
- ☆ Baseball the preserving of a team's lead by a relief pitcher in the final inning
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