PRESERVE
\pɹɪsˈɜːv], \pɹɪsˈɜːv], \p_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_v]\
Definitions of PRESERVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
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a reservation where animals are protected
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a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a reservation where animals are protected
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a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
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prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
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maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
By Princeton University
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
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To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
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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.
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To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
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To make preserves.
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To protect game for purposes of sport.
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That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
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A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
By Oddity Software
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
By Noah Webster.
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To keep from injury; defend; uphold; save; keep in a wholesome state; put up with sugar, salt, etc., for keeping; as, to preserve fruit; keep up; maintain.
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Fruit, etc., put up and kept in sugar; a place set apart for keeping game, fish, etc.
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Preservable.
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Preserver.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Preserver.
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To keep from injury: to defend: to keep in a sound state: to season for preservation: to keep up, as appearances.
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That which is preserved, as fruit, etc.: a place for the protection of animals, as game, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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Fruit, &c., prepared by boiling in sirup; place where game is preserved.
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Preserveation.
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To rescue; keep from injury; keep; prepare for keeping.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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