rescue

🇺🇸 /ˈreskjuː/ 🇬🇧 /ˈreskjuː/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
verb
R

to save someone or something from danger or harm

The firefighter rescued the cat from the burning building.

noun
B2

the act of saving someone or something from danger or a difficult situation

The mountain rescue team saved all the hikers.

B2

a time when someone or something is saved from danger

The successful rescue of the trapped miners was celebrated.

translation

v. to save someone or something from danger or harm
n. the act of saving someone or something from danger or a difficult situation; a time when someone or something is saved from danger

Word Forms

3rd Present rescues
Progressive rescuing
Past rescued
Perfect rescued
Plural rescues