Preserve

[prɪ'zɜːv] or [prɪ'zɝv]

Definition

(noun.) a reservation where animals are protected.

(noun.) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; 'medicine is no longer a male preserve'.

(verb.) prevent (food) from rotting; 'preserved meats'; 'keep potatoes fresh'.

(verb.) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; 'preserve the forest and the lakes'.

Typist: Tito--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

(v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.

(v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.

(v. i.) To make preserves.

(v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.

(n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.

(n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.

Checked by Jerome

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.[2]. Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.

n. [1]. Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.[2]. Enclosure (for game).

Checker: Wade

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Defend, guard, save, keep_safe, uphold, protect, maintain, rescue, spare,[SeePROTECT]

Typist: Willard

Definition

v.t. to keep safe from harm or injury: to defend: to keep in a sound state: to season for preservation: to make lasting: to keep up as appearances.—n. that which is preserved as fruit &c.: that which preserves: a place for the protection of animals as game: (pl.) spectacles to protect the eyes from strong light &c.—n. Prēservabil′ity.—adj. Prēser′vable.—n. Prēservā′tion act of preserving or keeping safe: state of being preserved: safety.—adjs. Prēser′vative Prēser′vatory tending to preserve: having the quality of preserving.—n. that which preserves: a preventive of injury or decay.—n. Prēserv′er.

Typist: Pansy

Examples

Checker: Marge

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