salvage
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English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French salver, from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
Noun[edit]
salvage (plural salvages)
- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
- Damaged.
- salvage cars auction.
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Verb[edit]
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)
- (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
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2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC[2]:
- Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.
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- (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use.
- (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms.
Noun[edit]
salvage (plural salvages)
- Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
salvage (plural salvages)
- (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Verb[edit]
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvageing, simple past and past participle salvageed)
- (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
- (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2011 April 06), “History in words”, in (Please provide the title of the work)[1], Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ^ Lacaba (1995 August 3), “Salvage”, in Manila Times
- ^ “salvage, v.” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2015.
External links[edit]
- salvage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- salvage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Adjective[edit]
salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)
- Alternative form of sauvage
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