<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss:<ul><li>Example: "to save someone from drowning."</li></ul></li><li>To keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve:<ul><li>Example: "God save the king."</li></ul></li><li>To keep from being lost to an opponent:<ul><li>Example: "A goal in the final minute saved the game."</li></ul></li><li>To avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of:<ul><li>Example: "to save fuel."</li></ul></li><li>To keep, as for reuse:<ul><li>Example: "to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner."</li></ul></li><li>To set aside, reserve, or lay by:<ul><li>Example: "to save money."</li></ul></li><li>To treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.:<ul><li>Example: "to save one's eyes by reading under proper light."</li></ul></li><li>To prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate:<ul><li>Example: "to come early in order to save waiting."</li></ul></li><li>Theology: to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.</li><li>Computers: to copy (a file or other data) to a storage medium, as from RAM to a disk.</li><li>Sports: to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.</li><li>To be economical in expenditure.</li><li>To preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.</li><li>To keep or last without spoiling, as food.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of saving, especially in sports:<ul><li>Example: "The goalie guarded the net well and made a crucial save."</li></ul></li><li>Baseball: a statistical credit given to a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.</li><li>Computers: an act of copying a file or other data to a storage medium:<ul><li>Example: "The server is scheduled to execute a systemwide save at the end of the work day."</li></ul></li><li>One version of a saved file:<ul><li>Example: "We can recover the lost data if we restore it from a previous save."</li></ul></li></ul>