rescue deliverance delivery saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger, work is the deliverance of mankind, a surgeon's job is the saving of lives |
economy saving | an act of economizing, reduction in cost, it was a small economy to walk to work every day, there was a saving ofcents |
preservation saving | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
save | (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring, the goalie made a brilliant save, the relief pitcher got credit for a save |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
save-all | a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship |
save-all | a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail |
save-all | a receptacle for catching waste products for further use |
saving grace | a redeeming quality or characteristic, her love of music remains her one saving grace, her sense of humor has to be a saving grace, the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs |
grace saving grace state of grace | (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God, the state of one who is under such divine influence, the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin, it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church, the Virgin lived in a state of grace |
daylight-saving time daylight-savings time daylight saving daylight savings | time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time, widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
write save | record data on a computer, boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk |
save preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use, She saved the old family photographs in a drawer |
save lay aside save up | accumulate money for future use, He saves half his salary |
save | spend less, buy at a reduced price |
keep open hold open keep save | retain rights to, keep my job for me while I give birth, keep my seat, please, keep open the possibility of a merger |
save economize economise | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of, This move will save money, The less fortunate will have to economize now |
spare save | refrain from harming |
salvage salve relieve save | save from ruin, destruction, or harm |
deliver redeem save a | save from sins |
save carry through pull through bring through | bring into safety, We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack |
protected saved | guarded from injury or destruction |
redemptive redeeming(a) saving(a) | bringing about salvation or redemption from sin, saving faith, redemptive (or redeeming) love |
face-saving | maintaining dignity or prestige, a face-saving compromise |
saved | rescued, especially from the power and consequences of sin, a saved soul |
saving | characterized by thriftiness, wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution- Ellen Glasgow |