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Verb

save (third-person singular simple present saves, present participle saving, simple past and past participle saved)

1. (transitive) To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
   • She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
2. (transitive) To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
   • Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss.1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. (transitive) To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
   • I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
4. (especially, transitive) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
   • Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
5. (transitive) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
   • Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves
6. (transitive) 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.

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