ALL meanings of rescue
res·cue
R r - verb with object rescue to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. 1
- verb with object rescue Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody. 1
- noun rescue the act of rescuing. 1
- adjective rescue of or relating to someone or something trained or equipped to rescue: a rescue dog. 1
- transitive verb rescue save 1
- intransitive verb rescue save from danger 1
- intransitive verb rescue help, save from difficulty 1
- noun rescue act: saving from danger 1
- noun rescue involved in rescue 1
- verb rescue If you rescue someone, you get them out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 0
- uncountable noun rescue Rescue is help which gets someone out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 0
- countable noun rescue A rescue is an attempt to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation. 0
- verb rescue to bring (someone or something) out of danger, attack, harm, etc; deliver or save 0
- verb rescue to free (a person) from legal custody by force 0
- verb rescue to seize (goods or property) by force 0
- noun rescue the act or an instance of rescuing 0
- noun rescue (as modifier) 0
- noun rescue the forcible removal of a person from legal custody 0
- noun rescue the forcible seizure of goods or property 0
- verb transitive rescue to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, etc. 0
- verb transitive rescue to take (a person or thing) out of legal custody by force 0
- noun rescue the act or an instance of rescuing; deliverance 0