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Saving - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Saving : adj
1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving
faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive,
redeeming(a), saving(a)]
2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but
saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
(noun)
1: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small
economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving
of 50 cents" [syn: economy]
2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of
lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery]
3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
[syn: preservation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from
injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from
impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
God save all this fair company. --Chaucer.
He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv.
30.
Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from
utter loss. --Milton.
2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its
penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
--1 Tim. i.
15.
3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or
expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.
4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to
prevent from doing something; to spare.
I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done.
--Shak.
5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate
the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.
6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
JustSaving : the tide, and putting in a stock of
merit. --Swift.
To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
exposure of a discreditable state of things.
Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
prevent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Saving : \Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), prep. or conj.; but properly a
participle.
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without
disrespect to. ``Saving your reverence.'' --Shak. ``Saving
your presence.'' --Burns.
None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
put them off for washing. --Neh. iv. 23.
And in the stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth it. --Rev. ii. 17.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Saving : \Sav"ing\, n.
1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is
saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2. Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us,
but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange.
Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are
deposited and put at interest.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Saving : \Sav"ing\, a.
1. Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps.
xxviii. 8.
2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish
or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
3. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended;
incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving
bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Saving |
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bananasontoast: @KimberleyL Yeah, that's what I meant, lol. I think this year I might make 1000 paper cranes or perhaps set myself a goal for Saving money. |
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suzukii_su: @shan_goodrich28:!RT Cant handle GM even a bit naked right now!! ...LOL I SURE CAN, details please!" I didt see :) Saving for c'mas day! |
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swiftliketaylor: Saving up for this road trip I'm going on in july. :) |
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