preserve
VERB:
1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
2. to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
3. to keep up; to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain:
to preserve historical monuments; to preserve old buildings.
4. to keep possession of; retain:
to preserve one's composure.
5. to keep safe from danger or harm; protect.
6. to maintain possession of; keep up:
to preserve a façade of indifference.
7. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change.
8. to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction : protect.
9. to keep alive, intact, or free from decay.
10. to keep or save from decomposition.
11. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.
12. to make preserves.
NOUN:
1. that which is preserved.
2. something that preserves or is preserved.
3. a special area or domain:
archaeology is the preserve of specialists.
4. something regarded as reserved for certain persons.
of fruit, food:
1. to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.
2. to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.
3. to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.
4. Usually preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.
5. to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition.
6 (usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar.
7. to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use.
8. to be able to be preserved (as by canning).
9. fruit canned or made into jams or jellies or cooked whole or in large pieces in a syrup so as to keep its shape —often used in plural.
of game, fish, etc:
1. to maintain a preserve for, especially for sport.
2. to maintain and reserve for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.
3. a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.
4. to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing.
5. to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves.
6. areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing.
7. to raise and protect game for purposes of sport.
8. an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural resources (such as animals or plants):
a game preserve for regulated hunting or fishing; nature preserves.
Examples:
The fossil was well preserved. // These laws are intended to help preserve our natural resources.
Related Words:
perpetuate, protect, save, secure, uphold, defend, freeze, keep, sustain, retain, safeguard, conserve, store, refrigerate, shield, shelter, season, mummify, evaporate, process.
Synonyms:
conserve, continue, keep up, maintain, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, sustain, uphold.
Antonym:
destroy.
Synonym Study:
Defend, guard, preserve, protect all mean to keep safe.
To defend is to strive to keep safe by resisting attack:
to defend one's country.
To guard is to watch over in order to keep safe:
to guard a camp.
To preserve is to keep safe in the midst of danger, either in a single instance or continuously:
to preserve a spirit of conciliation.
To protect is to keep safe by interposing a shield or barrier:
to protect books by means of heavy paper covers.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English preserven < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve, observe. C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of preserve: Verb: 14th century. Noun: 1698. History and Etymology for preserve: Verb: Middle English, from Medieval Latin praeservare, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand, from Latin prae- + servare to keep, guard, observe — more at conserve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 13 march 2020 10:15am
1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
2. to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
3. to keep up; to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain:
to preserve historical monuments; to preserve old buildings.
4. to keep possession of; retain:
to preserve one's composure.
5. to keep safe from danger or harm; protect.
6. to maintain possession of; keep up:
to preserve a façade of indifference.
7. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change.
8. to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction : protect.
9. to keep alive, intact, or free from decay.
10. to keep or save from decomposition.
11. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.
12. to make preserves.
NOUN:
1. that which is preserved.
2. something that preserves or is preserved.
3. a special area or domain:
archaeology is the preserve of specialists.
4. something regarded as reserved for certain persons.
of fruit, food:
1. to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.
2. to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.
3. to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.
4. Usually preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.
5. to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition.
6 (usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar.
7. to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use.
8. to be able to be preserved (as by canning).
9. fruit canned or made into jams or jellies or cooked whole or in large pieces in a syrup so as to keep its shape —often used in plural.
of game, fish, etc:
1. to maintain a preserve for, especially for sport.
2. to maintain and reserve for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.
3. a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.
4. to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing.
5. to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves.
6. areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing.
7. to raise and protect game for purposes of sport.
8. an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural resources (such as animals or plants):
a game preserve for regulated hunting or fishing; nature preserves.
Examples:
The fossil was well preserved. // These laws are intended to help preserve our natural resources.
Related Words:
perpetuate, protect, save, secure, uphold, defend, freeze, keep, sustain, retain, safeguard, conserve, store, refrigerate, shield, shelter, season, mummify, evaporate, process.
Synonyms:
conserve, continue, keep up, maintain, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, sustain, uphold.
Antonym:
destroy.
Synonym Study:
Defend, guard, preserve, protect all mean to keep safe.
To defend is to strive to keep safe by resisting attack:
to defend one's country.
To guard is to watch over in order to keep safe:
to guard a camp.
To preserve is to keep safe in the midst of danger, either in a single instance or continuously:
to preserve a spirit of conciliation.
To protect is to keep safe by interposing a shield or barrier:
to protect books by means of heavy paper covers.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English preserven < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve, observe. C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of preserve: Verb: 14th century. Noun: 1698. History and Etymology for preserve: Verb: Middle English, from Medieval Latin praeservare, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand, from Latin prae- + servare to keep, guard, observe — more at conserve. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 13 march 2020 10:15am