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salve (SAV, SAHV) (noun)
1. An ointment to apply to wounds or sores to assist in healing: The nurse applied a salve to the scrape on Leon's arm and then she put a bandage on it.
2. A soothing influence, typically in connection with a physical or an emotional injury, to make something less painful: Veronica's gentle voice was like a salve on her friend’s hurt feelings.
salve (SAV, SAHV) (verb)
To ease or to comfort or sooth: Bertha's friend brought her flowers to salve her loneliness while she was recuperating from her foot injury at home.
save (SAYV) (noun)
An action that prevents an opponent in sports from gaining an advantage: Because of the last minute save by the goalie, the home team won the game by one point.
save (SAYV) (verb)
1. To keep someone or something safe or to stop a person from dying or being hurt or preventing anything from being damaged or lost: Ronnie risked his life to save his friend from drowning.

The lifeguard was there to save anyone who swam too far from shore.

2. To put aside money for a special purpose: Alex decided to save all the money from his paper route so he could buy a new bicycle.
4. To stop something from ending or failing: The new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) will make every effort to save the company from bankruptcy.
5. To store data in a computer file or on a storage device so, it can be used later: Derek told his friends that they should save the content of their work on their memory sticks before they shut down their laptops, or they might lose everything they have done.

Michele realizes that she needs to save some money so she can buy the salve that the doctor prescribed.

Dr. Wesley said the salve would save Michele's skin from being burned by the sun. She was afraid that she might forget the name of the salve, so she wrote it down, intending to save it later on her computer.

save (verb), saves; saved, saving
1. To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
2. To avoid wasting something or using it unnecessarily.
3. To set something aside, to keep something back, or to protect it so it can be used later.
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(Latin: save; safe)
(helping to save military lives)