Preserve

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  • intransitive verb. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. synonym: defend.
  • intransitive verb. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged.
  • intransitive verb. To keep or maintain intact.
  • intransitive verb. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.
  • intransitive verb. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
  • intransitive verb. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
  • intransitive verb. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.
  • intransitive verb. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
  • noun. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.
  • noun. Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
  • noun. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
  • noun. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which preserves or saves.
  • noun. Specifically plural A kind of spectacles with colored glasses to protect the eyes from too strong light.
  • noun. That which is preserved, or prepared for keeping; especially, fruit, meats, etc., suitably seasoned and cooked to prevent fermentation or spoiling.
  • noun. A place where game is preserved; a place set apart for the protection and propagation of game intended for hunting or fishing.
  • noun. A thing preserved.
  • To keep safe or free from harm; defend from injury or destruction; save.
  • To maintain; secure permanence to; keep in existence or alive; make lasting: as, to preserve one's good looks.
  • To keep possession of; retain.
  • To prepare in such a manner as to resist decomposition or fermentation; prevent from spoiling by the use of preservative substances, with or without the agency of heat: as, to preserve meats or fruit; to preserve an anatomical specimen.
  • To maintain and reserve for personal or special use in hunting or fishing.
  • To prepare decomposable substances, as meats or fruits, for preservation; make preserves.
  • To raise and protect game for special use, as in hunting or fishing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
  • noun. A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
  • intransitive verb. To make preserves.
  • intransitive verb. To protect game for purposes of sport.
  • transitive verb. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
  • transitive verb. 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..
  • transitive verb. To maintain throughout; to keep intact
  • transitive verb. to protect it from extermination.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
  • noun. A nature preserve.
  • verb. To protect; to keep; to maintain the condition of.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
  • noun. a reservation where animals are protected
  • verb. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
  • verb. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • verb. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  • verb. prevent (food) from rotting
  • noun. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
  • verb. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
  • noun. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
  • cross-reference
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    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
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    Merv  conserve  curve  deserve  mirv  
    Same Context
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    brandy  cider  custard  dessert  gravy  
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