∙ In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
∙ When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead. baseball
∙ A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten. professional wrestling, slang
∙ The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. computing
∙ A saving throw. role-playing games
Verb
∙ To prevent harm or difficulty. transitive
∙ To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
∙ To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
∙ To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
∙ To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. theology
∙ To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). sports
∙ To put aside, to avoid.
∙ To store for future use. transitive
∙ To conserve or prevent the wasting of. transitive
∙ To obviate or make unnecessary. transitive
∙ To write a file to disk or other storage medium. transitive, computing
∙ To economize or avoid waste. intransitive
∙ To accumulate money or valuables. transitive and intransitive
Preposition
∙ Except; with the exception of.
Conjunction
∙ unless; except dated
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