preserve

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  A cutlass in excellent preservation and many other objects from 17th-century Jamestown were found in a large clay borrow pit filled with refuse
• WordNet 3.6
  • v preserve prevent (food) from rotting "preserved meats","keep potatoes fresh"
  • v preserve to keep up and reserve for personal or special use "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
  • v preserve 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 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"
  • v preserve keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing "preserve the forest and the lakes"
  • v preserve maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger "May God keep you"
  • n preserve fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
  • n preserve a reservation where animals are protected
  • n preserve a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
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• Interesting fact: In 1810, Peter Durand invented the tin can for preserving food
• • Preserve A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
  • Preserve That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
  • Preserve 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.""Now, good angels preserve the king."
  • Preserve To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
  • Preserve To make preserves.
  • Preserve To protect game for purposes of sport.
  • 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. "You can not preserve it from tainting."
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• Interesting fact: Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was also referred to as "corns" of salt
• • preserve To keep safe or free from harm; defend from injury or destruction; save.
  • preserve To maintain; secure permanence to; keep in existence or alive; make lasting: as, to preserve one's good looks.
  • preserve To keep possession of; retain.
  • preserve 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.
  • preserve To maintain and reserve for personal or special use in hunting or fishing. To raise, provide for, and protect, as game, for use at certain seasons or by certain persons, as in hunting or fishing: as, to preserve quail; to preserve salmon.
  • preserve To prepare decomposable substances, as meats or fruits, for preservation; make preserves.
  • preserve To raise and protect game for special use, as in hunting or fishing.
  • n preserve That which preserves or saves.
  • n preserve Specifically plural A kind of spectacles with colored glasses to protect the eyes from too strong light.
  • n preserve That which is preserved, or prepared for keeping; especially, fruit, meats, etc., suitably seasoned and cooked to prevent fermentation or spoiling.
  • n preserve A place where game is preserved; a place set apart for the protection and propagation of game intended for hunting or fishing.
  • n preserve A thing preserved.
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• Interesting fact: Belize is the only country in the world with a jaguar preserve
• • v.t Preserve prē-zėrv′ to keep safe from harm or injury: to defend: to keep in a sound state: to season for preservation: to make lasting: to keep up, as appearances
  • n Preserve that which is preserved, as fruit, &c.: that which preserves: a place for the protection of animals, as game:
  • n Preserve that which preserves: a preventive of injury or decay
  • n Preserve (pl.) spectacles to protect the eyes from strong light, &c
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• Charles G. Dawes

  

  “Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.”
• Alvin Toffler

  

  “Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.”
• George Washington

  

  “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

  

  “The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.”
• Benjamin Disraeli

  

  “Plagiarists at least have the quality of preservation.”
• Alfred North Whitehead

  

  “The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.”

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