HyperDic: lifesaving

English > 1 sense of the word *lifesaving*:
NOUN	act	lifesaving	saving / saving the lives of drowning persons

lifesaving > pronunciation
Sounds	lay'fsey.vihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *lifesaving*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	saving / saving the lives of drowning persons.
Example	"he took a course in lifesaving"
Broader	rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving	recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Spanish	salvavidas
Catalan	salvavides