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Definition of 'preserve'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) preserve
to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
to preserve our liberties as free citizens.

2.  preserve
to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.

3.  preserve
to keep up; maintain:
to preserve historical monuments.

4.  preserve
to keep possession of; retain:
to preserve one's composure.

5.  preserve
to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.

6.  preserve
to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.

7.  preserve
to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.

8. (v.i.) preserve
to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.

9.  preserve
to maintain a preserve for game or fish, esp. for sport.

10. (n.) preserve
something that preserves.

11.  preserve
that which is preserved.

12.  preserve
Usu., preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.

13.  preserve
a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, esp. for sport.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME < ML praeservāre to guard (LL: to observe) = L prae-pre - +servāre to watch over, keep, preserve)

Definition of 'preserve'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) preserve
a reservation where animals are protected

3. (verb) conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

4. (verb) continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
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"

5. (verb) conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
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"

6. (verb) save, preserve
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
"She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

7. (verb) preserve, keep
prevent (food) from rotting
"preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

8. (verb) keep, preserve
maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
"May God keep you"

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

Definition of 'preserve'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) preserve
to protect sth so that it is not damaged or destroyed
The library is helping to preserve the history of our community.; attempts to preserve the ancient monument

2. preserve
to keep food fresh for a long time
ways to preserve food without chemicals

Definition of 'preserve'

Webster Dictionary

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

2. (noun) preserve
a place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food

3. (verb) preserve
to keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect

4. (verb) preserve
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

5. (verb) preserve
to maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

6. (verb) preserve
to make preserves

7. (verb) preserve
to protect game for purposes of sport

Translation of 'preserve'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to keep safe from harm (May) Heaven preserve us from danger!
Afrikaans: behoed	Arabic: يَحْفَظُ	Bulgarian: закрилям
Brazilian: proteger	Czech: chránit	German: bewahren
Danish: beskytte	Greek: προφυλάσσω, φυλάγω	Spanish: proteger, guardar
Estonian: kaitsma	Farsi: محافظت کردن	Finnish: varjella
French: préserver/protéger (contr	Hebrew: לִשמוֹר	Hindi: बनाए रखना
Croatian: čuvati od	Hungarian: megvéd	Indonesian: menjaga
Icelandic: vernda, varðveita	Italian: proteggere	Japanese: 保護する
Korean: 보호하다	Lithuanian: (ap)saugoti	Latvian: []sargāt
Malay: memelihara	Dutch: behoeden	Norwegian: bevare
Polish: chronić	Persian: محافظت کردن	Pashto: ساتل
Portuguese: proteger	Romanian: a păstra; a apăra	Russian: оберегать
Slovak: (u)chrániť	Slovenian: (ob)varovati	Serbian: sačuvati
Swedish: bevara, skydda	Thai: ปกป้องจากอันตราย	Turkish: korumak
Taiwanese: 保護	Ukrainian: охороняти, оберігати	Urdu: نقصان سے حفاظت کرنا
Vietnamese: bảo vệ	Chinese: 保护
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