Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To save from any violence, danger or evil.

    The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

    retten, bergen, erlösen

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí, выруча́тьvyručátʹ

    рятува́тиrjatuváty, врятува́тиvrjatuváty

    free from harm or evil

  2. (transitive)To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

    to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

    освобожда́тьosvoboždátʹ, освободи́тьosvobodítʹ

  3. (transitive)To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.

    take forcibly from legal custody

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

    Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí, выруча́тьvyručátʹ

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

  6. (transitive)To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.

  7. (transitive)To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.

    I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.

  8. (transitive)To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.

    The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.

  9. (transitive)To adopt (an animal).

Examples

591 sentences
  1. Tom died trying to rescue Mary.

    Том загинув, намагаючись врятувати Мері.

    ruТом погиб, пытаясь спасти Мэри.

    deTom starb bei dem Versuch, Maria zu retten.

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  2. I was trying to rescue Tom.

    Я намагався врятувати Тома.

    ruЯ пытался спасти Тома.

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  3. I didn't rescue anybody.

    Я нікого не врятував.

    ruЯ никого не спас.

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  4. Tom helped rescue Mary.

    Том допоміг врятувати Мері.

    ruТом помог спасти Мэри.

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  5. I helped rescue Tom.

    Я допоміг врятувати Тома.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to save from any danger or violence:
Русский
By meaning 2
to save from any danger or violence:
to free, liberate from physical restraint:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to save from any danger or violence:

Origin

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin pre

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

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Forms

rescues, rescuing, rescued, rescued
Base formrescue · to rescue
3rd person singularrescues
Present participlerescuing
Past simplerescued
Past participlerescued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrescue
he, she, itrescues

Past simpleLesson

all personsrescued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rescued
he, she, ithas rescued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rescue

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • was rescued by
  • trying to rescue
  • the rescue team
  • rescue workers
  • rescue team
  • rescued the child
  • rescued by a
  • to be rescued

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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