| cafetorium |
a room or building that is used both as a cafeteria and an auditorium to save space, money, or both. |
| camping |
the activity of staying for a while in a tent or other temporary outdoor shelter for the purpose of recreation or to save money on accommodation while traveling. |
| deliver |
to set free, release, or save. [1/9 definitions] |
| grasp at a straw |
to seek anything, no matter how flimsy, that might save one from a predicament. |
| grasp at straws |
to seek anything, no matter how flimsy, that might save one from a predicament. |
| help |
to rescue or save. [1/13 definitions] |
| hoard |
to collect or save up as a hoard. [1/3 definitions] |
| Noah |
according to the Old Testament, the Hebrew patriarch who was commanded by God to build an ark on which to board his family and two of every kind of creature to save them from the great flood that was to engulf the world. |
| Perseus |
in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Danae, who slew Medusa and used her head with its fatal stare to save Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. [1/2 definitions] |
| put aside |
to save for a future time. |
| redeem |
to save or deliver from sin or divine retribution. [1/7 definitions] |
| rescue |
to free or save, as from danger or confinement. [1/3 definitions] |
| reserve |
to hold back or save for later use. [1/8 definitions] |
| salvage |
to save or rescue (all or part of something) from harm or destruction. [1/5 definitions] |
| save it for a rainy day |
to save money for future need, rather than spend it immediately. |
| saving |
except; save. [1/8 definitions] |
| scrape |
to save even the smallest amounts; economize very carefully; scrimp. [1/13 definitions] |
| scratch |
to succeed only with difficulty; earn or save barely enough to live (often fol. by "by"). [1/22 definitions] |
| scrimp |
to save money in every possible way; be extremely frugal. [1/2 definitions] |
| SOS |
a call or signal for help, esp. by the use of the Morse code symbols for these letters, as from a ship in distress (considered by some to be an abbreviation for "save our ship" or "save our souls"). |
| supreme sacrifice |
the sacrifice of one's own life, esp. to save the life of another. |