Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.]

[OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]

1. 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.

God save all this fair company. --Chaucer.

He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30.

Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton.

2. (Theol.) 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.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15.

3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.

4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak.

5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.

6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift.

To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Saving \Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), prep. or conj.; but properly a participle. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. ``Saving your reverence.'' --Shak. ``Saving your presence.'' --Burns.

None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. --Neh. iv. 23.

And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. --Rev. ii. 17.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Saving \Sav"ing\, n.

1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

2. Exception; reservation.

Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange.

Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Saving \Sav"ing\, a.

1. Preserving; rescuing.

He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps. xxviii. 8.

2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

3. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)