Definition of saves

"saves" in the noun sense

1. save

sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

"the goalie made a brilliant save"

"the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

"saves" in the verb sense

1. salvage, salve, relieve, save

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

2. save, preserve

to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

"She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

3. save, carry through, pull through, bring through

bring into safety

"We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

4. save

spend less buy at a reduced price

5. save, lay aside, save up

accumulate money for future use

"He saves half his salary"

6. 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"

7. deliver, redeem, save

save from sins

8. spare, save

refrain from harming

9. save, economize, economise

spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

"This move will save money"

"The less fortunate will have to economize now"

10. 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"

11. write, save

record data on a computer

"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

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Quotations for saves

A stitch in time saves nine. [ Proverb ]

Venus always saves the lover whom she leads. [ Delatouche ]

That penny. is well spent that saves a groat. [ Proverb ]

There's no glory like his who saves his country. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

He kills a man, that saves not his life when he can. [ Proverb ]

What of them is left, to tell
Where they lie, and how they fell?
Not a stone on their turf, nor a bone in their graves:
But they live in the Verse that immortally saves. [ Byron ]

He that saves his dinner will have the more for supper. [ Proverb ]

He who fasts and does no good, saves his bread but loses his soul. [ Proverb ]

What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible. [ Balzac ]

Let a broken man cling to his work. If it saves nothing else, it will save him. [ Beecher ]

We are amused through the intellect, but it is the heart that saves us from ennui. [ Madame Swetchine ]

The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair. [ Omar Khayam ]

The coquette compromises her reputation, and sometimes saves her virtue: the prude, on the contrary, often sacrifices her honor in secret, and preserves it in public opinion. [ Mme. du Socage ]

It is gold which buys admittance; and it is gold which makes the true man killed, and saves the thief: nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man; what can it not do and undo? [ William Shakespeare ]

Great art dwells in all that is beautiful; but false art omits or changes all that is ugly. Great art accepts Nature as she is, but directs the eyes and thoughts to what is most perfect in her; false art saves itself the trouble of direction by removing or altering whatever is objectionable. [ John Ruskin ]

saves in Scrabble®

The word saves is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters saves:

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saves in Words With Friends™

The word saves is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters saves:

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Words within the letters of saves

2 letter words in saves (1 word)

3 letter words in saves (3 words)

4 letter words in saves (3 words)

5 letter words in saves (Anagrams) (2 words)

saves + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence saves

Words that start with saves (1 word)

Words with saves in them (1 word)

Words that end with saves (4 words)

Word Growth involving saves

Shorter words in saves

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Longer words containing saves

autosaves

resaves

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