press vs save

press

verb
  • To try to force (something upon someone). 

  • To hasten, urge onward. 

  • To lay stress upon. 

  • To throng, crowd. 

  • To force into service, particularly into naval service. 

  • To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas. 

  • To urge, beseech, entreat. 

  • To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth. 

  • To compress, squeeze. 

  • To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it. 

  • To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly. 

  • To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon. 

  • To clasp, hold in an embrace. 

  • To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction. 

noun
  • A printing machine. 

  • Pure, unfermented grape juice. 

  • An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs. 

  • In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual. 

  • An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing. 

  • A publisher. 

  • The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers). 

  • A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy. 

  • An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet. 

  • An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard). 

  • A device used to apply pressure to an item. 

save

verb
  • To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable. 

  • To keep (something) safe; to safeguard. 

  • To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation. 

  • To obviate or make unnecessary. 

  • To catch or deflect (a shot at goal). 

  • To store for future use. 

  • To economize or avoid waste. 

  • To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game. 

  • To write a file to disk or other storage medium. 

  • To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner. 

  • To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm. 

  • To conserve or prevent the wasting of. 

  • To accumulate money or valuables. 

conj
  • unless; except 

prep
  • Except; with the exception of. 

noun
  • The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium. 

  • A saving throw. 

  • A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team. 

  • In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. 

  • An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty. 

  • A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten. 

  • An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation. 

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