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:

Examples

542 sentences

  1. I didn't rescue anybody.

    Я нікого не врятував. — deniko

    ruЯ никого не спас. — marafon

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  2. Tom is going to be rescued.

    Тома врятують. — deniko

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  3. We had to rescue a skier who crashed into a tree.

    Ми мусили врятувати лижника, який врізався в дерево. — deniko

    ruНам пришлось спасать лыжника, врезавшегося в дерево. — Selena777

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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. (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

More meanings 6

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

    I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.

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

    The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.

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

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

  5. (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.

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

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

regular · Lesson

Base formrescue · to rescue
3rd person singularrescues
Present participlerescuing
Past simplerescued
Past participlerescued

Tenses

rescue · rescued · will rescue · have rescued

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rescue

Past simpleLesson

all personsrescued

Synonyms

9 synonyms
To save from any violence, danger or evil:freeB2deliverB1pull out of the fire
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical…:liberateB1releaseB1
(figuratively)To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil…:saveA1redeem
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege:recaptureretake
Close in meaning

Antonyms

8 antonyms
To save from any violence, danger or evil:endangerB1imperil
To free or liberate from confinement or other physical…:arrestB1captureB1kidnap
(figuratively)To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil…:corruptB2deprave
To recover forcibly, especially from a siege:besiegeC2

Word family

5 related words
Relatedquashrescuer
Derivedrescuablerescueeunrescued

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • was rescued by
  • trying to rescue
  • the rescue team
  • rescue team
  • rescued the child
  • came to rescue

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rerunresalereschedulerescindrescuerresearchA2researcherB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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