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Definition of "savin" []

  • An evergreen Eurasian shrub (Juniperus sabina) having brownish-blue seed-bearing cones and young shoots that yield an oil formerly used medicinally. (noun)
  • Any of several related plants. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "savin" in a sentence
  • "She's what ye might call savin ', fer she's savin' her board, an 'when she left the Brimblecom's the last time she spent the summer with 'em, she put a little package in Mis'"
  • "'Why, he's weshed 'em all aat in th' Green Fowd Lodge wi 'savin'"
  • "Comin 'to me as you did -- an' after bein 'druv off -- keepin' your council an 'savin' my girls from thet hold-up, wal, it's the biggest deal any man ever did for me ..."