1 uncivilized: savage tribes.
az: vəhşi
ru: дикий
2 fierce and cruel: The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks.
az: amansız, qəddar
ru: свирепый; жестокий
♦ verb
to attack: He was savaged by a tiger.
az: vəhşiəsinə hücum etmək
ru: яростно нападать
♦ noun
1 a person in an uncivilized state: tribes of savages.
az: kobud, qaba adam
ru: дикарь
2 a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way: I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady.
az: qəddar insan
ru: хулиган, грубиян
1 to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.
az: xilas etmək, qurtarmaq
ru: спасать
2 to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.
az: toplamaq, yığmaq
ru: копить
3 to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.
az: qənaət etmək
ru: экономить
4 in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.
az: saxlamaq
ru: отбить нападение
5 to free from the power of sin and evil.
az: qorumaq
ru: спасать душу
6 to keep data in the computer.
az: kompyuterin yadaşında saxlamaq
ru: сохранять
♦ noun
(in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal.
az: qurtarma, xilas etmə
ru: предотвращение прорыва
See also:
save2 [seiv] preposition, conjunction
except: All save him had gone; We have no news save that the ship reached port safely.
az: başqa, qeyri, savayı
ru: кроме, за исключением