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Nouns (2)

n. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

save

n. the act of putting data in memory of the computer or peripheral devices for storage reasons

Verbs (30)

v. raise; "up the ante"

save

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

save

v. to put data in memory of the computer or peripheral devices for storage reasons

save, make unnecessary

v. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"

save, spend less

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

spare, save

v. refrain from harming

save, conserve, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

save, lay aside

v. feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"

save, keep, hold open, keep open

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

salvage, save, salve, relieve

v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

save, deliver, redeem

v. save from sins

save, carry through, bring into safety, pull through, bring through

v. bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (101)

free, dislodge

v. remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

hold, reserve, retain

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

save, conserve, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

shelter, bield, provide shelter for

v. provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"

preserve, keep up, maintain

v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"

keep, maintain

v. maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"

retrench

v. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

withhold, keep back

v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

spare, give up, dispense with, part with

v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

spare, use carefully, use frugally

v. use frugally or carefully

release, free, unblock, unfreeze

v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

save, spend less

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

fix, deposit, pose, posit, situate

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

bank, cover with ashes

v. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"

precipitate, fall sharply

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

precipitate

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

ransom, redeem, buy back

v. exchange or buy back for money; under threat

rescue, deliver

v. free from harm or evil

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (42)

repose, lay, put down

v. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (17)

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

blow, squander, spend generously

v. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

expend, spend

v. pay out; "spend money"

fling, splurge, indulge onself

v. indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

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