About The Word Preserve
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Preserve
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What's The Definition Of Preserve?
[n] fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
[n] a reservation where animals are protected [n] a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" [v] prevent from rotting, as of foods; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" [v] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" [v] keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "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" [v] keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" [v] keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes" [v] maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" Synonyms | Synonyms for Preserve: bear on | carry on | conserve | conserves | continue | keep | keep up | maintain | preserves | save | uphold Related Terms | Find terms related to Preserve: See Also | apple butter | area | arena | can | chowchow | confiture | conserve | conserve | corn | cure | dehydrate | desiccate | domain | economise | economize | embalm | enter | field | freeze-dry | hang in | hang on | hold | hold on | hold on | hold the line | husband | jam | jelly | keep | keep up | lemon cheese | lemon curd | maintain | marmalade | mummify | orbit | perpetuate | persevere | persist | pickle | prepare | prolong | protect | put down | put up | record | refrigerate | reservation | reserve | restart | resume | salt | shooting preserve | sphere | sustain | tin Preserve In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preserved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Preserving}.] [F. pr['e]server, from L. prae before +
servare to save, preserve; cf. L. praeservare to observe
beforehand. See {Serve}.]
1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or
defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
O Lord, thou preserved man and beast. --Ps. xxxvi.
6.
Now, good angels preserve the king. --Shak.
2. 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.
You can not preserve it from tainting. --Shak.
3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve
appearances; to preserve silence.
{To preserve game}, to protect it from extermination.
Syn: To keep; save; secure; uphold; sustain; defend; spare;
protect; guard; shield. See {Keep}.
\Pre*serve"\, v. i. 1. To make preserves. --Shak. 2. To protect game for purposes of sport. \Pre*serve"\, n. 1. That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural. 2. A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food. |
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