rescue
Definition
- n. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- v. free from harm or evil
- v. take forcibly from legal custody
Word forms
- Past participle
- rescued
- Past tense
- rescued
- Present participle
- rescuing
- Third person singular
- rescues
Example sentences
n.
The rescue of the trapped hikers took several hours.
vt.
The firefighters managed to rescue the cat from the tree.