What is the meaning of save?

noun

• Sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring. (
  • usage: "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

verb

• Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
  • synonyms: salvage, salve, relieve
• To keep up and reserve for personal or special use.
  • usage: "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
  • synonyms: preserve
• Bring into safety.
  • usage: "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"
  • synonyms: carry through, pull through, bring through
• Spend less; buy at a reduced price.
• Accumulate money for future use.
  • usage: "He saves half his salary"
  • synonyms: lay aside, save up
• Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort.
  • usage: "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
  • synonyms: make unnecessary
• Save from sins.
  • synonyms: deliver, redeem
• Refrain from harming.
  • synonyms: spare
• Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.
  • usage: "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
  • synonyms: economize, economise
• Retain rights to.
  • usage: "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
  • synonyms: keep open, hold open, keep
• Record data on a computer.
  • usage: "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
  • synonyms: write