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Preserve

see synonyms of preserve

Noun

1. preserve

a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

Example Sentences:
'medicine is no longer a male preserve'

2. preserve

a reservation where animals are protected

3. conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Verb

4. bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

Example Sentences:
'preserve the peace in the family'
'continue the family tradition'
'Carry on the old traditions'

5. conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

Example Sentences:
'We preserve these archeological findings'
'The old lady could not keep up the building'
'children must be taught to conserve our national heritage'
'The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts'

6. preserve, save

to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

Example Sentences:
'She saved the old family photographs in a drawer'

7. keep, preserve

prevent (food) from rotting

Example Sentences:
'preserved meats'
'keep potatoes fresh'

8. keep, preserve

maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

Example Sentences:
'May God keep you'

9. preserve

keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing

Example Sentences:
'preserve the forest and the lakes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Preserve

see synonyms of preserve
verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
2. 
to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain
to preserve old buildings
3. 
to maintain possession of; keep up
to preserve a façade of indifference
4. 
to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
5. 
to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
6. 
to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
7. 
to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
8. (intransitive)
to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves
noun
9. 
something that preserves or is preserved
10. 
a special area or domain
archaeology is the preserve of specialists
11. (usually plural)
fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
12. 
an area where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Preserve

see synonyms of preserve
verb transitiveWord forms: preˈserved or preˈserving
1. 
to keep from harm, damage, danger, evil, etc.; protect; save
2. 
to keep from spoiling or rotting
3. 
to prepare (food), as by canning, pickling, salting, etc., for future use
4. 
to keep up; carry on; maintain
5. 
to maintain and protect (game, fish, etc.) in an area, esp. for regulated hunting or fishing
verb intransitive
6. 
to preserve fruit, etc.
7. 
to maintain a game preserve
noun
8.  [usually pl.]
fruit preserved whole or in large pieces by cooking with sugar
see also jam2
9. 
a place where game, fish, etc. are preserved
10. 
any place or activity treated as the special domain of some person or group
11. 
something that preserves or is preserved

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Preserve

see synonyms of preserve
v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves
v.tr.
1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.
2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.
3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.
4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.
5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.
6.
a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
v.intr.
1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.
2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
n.
1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.
2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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