You can make 17 words from save according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of save
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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word save. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in save.
Definitions and meaning of save
save
Etymology
From Middle Englishsaven, sauven, a borrowing from Old Frenchsauver, from Late Latinsalvāre(“to save”).
Pronunciation
enPR: sāv, IPA(key): /seɪv/
Rhymes: -eɪv
Verb
save (third-person singular simple presentsaves, present participlesaving, simple past and past participlesaved)
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
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.
(Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
(baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
To put aside; to avoid.
(transitive) To store for future use.
Coordinate terms:lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, store away, store up
(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
(transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
(transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
(transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.
(reflexive, idiomatic, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
(informal) To avoid saying something.
Usage notes
In computing sense “to write a file”, also used as phrasal verb save down informally. Compare other computing phrasal verbs such as print out and close out.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
save (pluralsaves)
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
(baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
(professional wrestling, slang) 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.
(informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
(roleplaying games) A saving throw.
Derived terms
Translations
Preposition
save
Except; with the exception of.
Synonyms
barring, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
Translations
Conjunction
save
unless; except
2009, Nicolas Brooke (translator), French Code of Civil Procedure in English 2008, Article 1 of Book One, quoted after: 2016, Laverne Jacobs and Sasha Baglay, The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes: Global Perspectives, published by Routledge (first published in 2013 by Ashgate Publishing), p. 8:
Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise.
Derived terms
a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
save vs.
save as
References
“save, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
(make a gambling agreement):John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Further reading
“save”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“save”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“save”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“save”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Anagrams
AEVs, Esav, VASE, VESA, Veas, aves, vaes, vase
Bislama
Etymology
Frenchsavez(“you know”) and Englishsavvy have been suggested as origins, but Charpentier considers Portuguesesabe(“know”), influenced by its Spanish cognate, more likely. Compare Tok Pisinsave.
Verb
save
to know
to be able to
mi no save kam : I can't come
mi save toktok Francis : I can speak French
References
Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /saːvə/, [ˈsæːʋə], [ˈsæːʊ]
Rhymes: -aːvə
Etymology 1
From Old Norsesaga, from Proto-Germanic*sagōną, cognate with Swedishsåga, Englishsaw, Germansägen, Dutchzagen. Derived from the noun *sagō (Danishsav).
Verb
save (past tensesavede, past participlesavet)
to saw
Conjugation
References
“save” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
savec
indefinite plural of sav
Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
save
Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
save
Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
save
Alternative form of sauf
Adverb
save
Alternative form of sauf
Etymology 2
Verb
save
Alternative form of saven
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsave/
Verb
save
inflection of savvit:
present indicative connegative
second-person singular imperative
imperative connegative
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishsave.
Pronunciation
Noun
savem or f (pluralsaves)
(informal, gaming) save file (of a video game or computer game)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:save.