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traipse: An oddly dressed man sauntered over and asked if I had
ever bet on a horse before.
savage adj. 1 wild, untamed, undomesticated, feral, unbroken: These
savage beasts had never seen a man before. 2 vicious,
ferocious, fierce, beastly, bestial, brutish, bloodthirsty,
brutal, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, harsh, bloody,
unmerciful, fell, barbarous, barbaric, murderous, demonic,
demoniac, sadistic: The boy was subjected to a savage attack by
the defendant's dog. The king's guards were selected for their
savage nature. 3 wild, uncivilized, uncultivated, primitive,
inhuman, bestial, barbaric, barbarous, untamed, rude: The
savage behaviour of some New Guinea tribes included cannibalism.
--n. 4 wild man or woman, brute, barbarian; Caliban: When the
explorers landed on the island, they were welcomed by the
savages who lived there.
save v. 1 (come to someone's) rescue, deliver; (set) free, liberate,
release, redeem, bail (someone) out; recover, salvage, retrieve:
What can be done to save me from the drudgery of doing the
laundry? She saved only one thing of value from the fire. 2
keep, preserve, guard, safeguard, protect, conserve, secure,
shelter, shield: One way to save dried flowers is to press them
between the leaves of a book. 3 lay or put aside, lay or put by,
lay or put away, keep, retain, set apart, hold, reserve,
preserve, conserve; economize, scrimp, scrape: Soon he had
saved enough money to buy a new car. If you keep on saving, you
may soon have enough for a new suit. 4 obviate, preclude, spare,
prevent: A little extra care taken now will save a lot of
trouble later on.
saving adj. 1 redeeming, redemptory or redemptive or redemptional,
compensating, compensatory, qualifying, extenuating,
extenuatory: His one saving grace is that he has a lot of
money. 2 parsimonious, economical, thrifty, provident, frugal,
sparing, prudent: It was only because of Alison's saving nature
that we had enough to live on during the strike.
--n. 3 economizing, economization, economy, thrift, providence,
frugality, prudence, scrimping, scraping, sparingness: It was
only by her saving that we survived. 4 savings. resources,
reserve, cache, hoard, nest egg: Our savings are to pay for