preserve

pre·serve  (pr-zûrv)

v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves

v.tr.

1. To maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm; protect.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony. See Synonyms at defend.

4. To prepare (food) for future use, as by canning or salting.

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling.

6. To keep or protect (game or fish) for one's private hunting or fishing.

v.intr.

1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

2. To maintain a private area stocked with game or fish.

n.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation. Often used in the plural.

3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

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[Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin praeservre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servre, to guard, preserve; see ser-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·serva·bili·ty n.

pre·serva·ble adj.

preser·vation (przr-vshn) n.

pre·server n.

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preserve [prɪˈzɜːv]

vb (mainly tr)

1. to keep safe from danger or harm; protect

2. to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain to preserve old buildings

3. to maintain possession of; keep up to preserve a façade of indifference

4. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change

5. (Cookery) to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition

6. (Cookery) to make preserves of (fruit, etc.)

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing

8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (intr) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves

n

1. something that preserves or is preserved

2. a special area or domain archaeology is the preserve of specialists

3. (Cookery) (usually plural) fruit, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

[via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe]

preservable  adj

preservability  n

preservably  adv

preservation  [ˌprɛzəˈveɪʃən] n

preserver  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	preserve - a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
	2.	preserve - a reservation where animals are protected reservation, reserve - a district that is reserved for particular purpose shooting preserve - a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
	3.	preserve - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar conserve, conserves, preserves confiture - preserved or candied fruit apple butter - thick dark spicy puree of apples chowchow - a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger jam - preserve of crushed fruit lemon cheese, lemon curd - a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar jelly - a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit marmalade - a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
Verb	1.	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" uphold, carry on, continue, bear on resume, re-start, restart - take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" go forward, proceed, continue - move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth" sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" mummify - preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" continue, go on, keep, go along, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
	2.	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" conserve, maintain, keep up keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" embalm - preserve a dead body plastinate - preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" hold the line - hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
	3.	preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" save record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" economize, husband, economise, conserve - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
	4.	preserve - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" keep freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries" conserve - preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" dehydrate, desiccate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships" can, tin, put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" refrigerate - preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" corn - preserve with salt; "corned beef" ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" stay fresh, keep - fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
	5.	preserve - maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" keep protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
	6.	preserve - keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes" hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

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preserve

verb

1. maintain, keep, continue, retain, sustain, keep up, prolong, uphold, conserve, perpetuate, keep alive We will do everything we can to preserve peace.
maintain end, drop, give up, abandon, discontinue

2. protect, keep, save, maintain, guard, defend, secure, shelter, shield, care for, safeguard, conserve We need to preserve the rainforests.
protect attack, turn out, assault, assail, leave unprotected

3. keep, save, store, can, dry, bottle, salt, cure, candy, pickle, conserve ginger preserved in syrup

noun

1. (often plural) jam, jelly, conserve, marmalade, confection, sweetmeat, confiture jars of pear and blackberry preserves

2. area, department, field, territory, province, arena, orbit, sphere, realm, domain, specialism The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president.

3. reserve, reservation, sanctuary, game reserve one of the world's great wildlife preserves

Translations

preserve [prɪˈzɜːv]

A. VT

1. (= keep in existence) [+ endangered species, jobs, language] → proteger, preservar; [+ customs, silence, reputation] → conservar, mantener; [+ sense of humour, memory] → conservar
we will do everything to preserve (the) peace → haremos todo lo posible por mantener la paz
as a doctor, it was my duty to preserve life → como médico, era mi deber salvar vidas
to preserve sb's anonymity → mantener a algn en el anonimato

2. (= keep from decay) [+ object, environment, meat] → conservar
perfectly preserved medieval houses → casas fpl medievales en perfecto estado
to preserve one's looks → conservar el atractivo
to preserve the status quo → mantener el statu quo
the body was preserved in ice → el cuerpo se conservaba en hielo
see also aspic, well-preserved

3. (esp Brit) (Culin) (= bottle, pickle, etc) [+ fruit] → hacer conservas de; [+ meat, fish] → conservar
peppers and chillies may be preserved in oil → los pimientos y los chiles se pueden conservar en aceite
to preserve sth in salt → conservar algo en sal

4. (= protect)

4.1. (gen) → proteger
to preserve sth from/against sth → proteger algo de algo
paint the metal to preserve it from corrosion → pinte el metal para protegerlo de la corrosión

4.2. (in prayers, wishes) may God preserve you → que Dios os ampare
God or Heaven or saints preserve us! → ¡que Dios nos ampare!
heaven preserve us from little boys (hum) → que Dios nos proteja de los niños

5. (for private hunting, fishing) [+ game] → proteger

B. N

1. (Culin)

1.1. (= jam) → mermelada f, confitura f; (= bottled fruit, chutney) → conserva f
damson preserve → mermelada f or confitura f de ciruela damascena

1.2. preserves → conservas fpl

2. (= restricted area)

2.1. (Hunting) → coto m, vedado m; (for wildlife) → reserva f
see also game D
see also wildlife B

2.2. (fig) → dominio m
banking has remained almost exclusively a male preserve → la banca sigue siendo casi exclusivamente del dominio masculino
they are poaching on my preserve → están invadiendo mi terreno

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preserve [prɪˈzɜː^rv]

vt

(= maintain) [+ status quo, peace, way of life, standards] → préserver

(= protect) [+ forest, building, monument] → préserver
perfectly preserved → parfaitement préservé

[+ food] → mettre en conserve preserved ginger

n

(= jam) → confiture f
a spiced cranberry preserve to go with the turkey → de la confiture de canneberges épicée pour aller avec la dinde

(for game, fish) → réserve f

(= domain) → domaine m réservé
to be the preserve of sb → être le domaine réservé de qn
a male preserve → un domaine réservé aux hommes
a working class preserve → un domaine réservé de la classe ouvrière
preserved ginger n
preserved ginger in syrup → du gingembre au sirop en conserve

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preserve

vt

(= keep intact, maintain) customs, building, position, eyesight, manuscript → erhalten; peace → wahren, erhalten; dignity, appearances → wahren; memory, reputation → aufrechterhalten, wahren; sense of humour, silence → bewahren

(= keep from decay) → konservieren; specimens etc → präservieren; leather, wood → schützen

(Cook) → einmachen, einkochen; (= pickle) → einlegen; preserving jar → Weckglas® nt, → Einmachglas nt

(= keep from harm, save) → bewahren; may God preserve you! → Gott behüte dich!; to preserve somebody from something → jdn vor etw (dat) → schützen or bewahren; heaven or the saints preserve me from that! (iro) → der Himmel möge mich damit verschonen or möge mir das ersparen!

(Hunt) game, fish → schützen, hegen; preserved fishing/river/wood → unter Schutz stehende Fische/stehender Fluss/Wald

n

preserves pl (Cook) → Eingemachtes nt; peach preserve(s) → eingemachte Pfirsiche pl; (= jam) → Pfirsichmarmelade f

(= special domain) → Ressort nt; this was once the preserve of the wealthy → dies war einst eine Domäne der Reichen; to poach on somebody’s preserve(s) → jdm ins Handwerk pfuschen; game preserve (Hunt) → Jagd f, → Jagdrevier nt

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preserve [prɪˈzɜːv]

1. vt

a. (maintain, traditions) → conservare, mantenere; (dignity, peace) → mantenere; (keep intact, buildings, memory) → conservare

b. (keep from decay) → preservare, proteggere
well preserved → ben conservato/a
he is well preserved (hum) → si conserva bene

c. (Culin) → conservare, mettere in conserva

d. (keep from harm, save) → proteggere
preserve me from that! → (che) Dio mi scampi!

2. n

a. (domain) → dominio

b. (reservation) → riserva

c. (often pl, jam) → marmellata; (bottled fruit) → frutta sciroppata

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preserve

v preserve [priˈzəːv]

1 to keep safe from harm (May) Heaven preserve us from danger! behoed يَحْفَظُ закрилям chránit beskytte bewahren προφυλάσσω, φυλάγω proteger, guardar kaitsma محافظت کردن varjella préserver/protéger (contre) לִשמוֹר बनाए रखना čuvati od megvéd menjaga vernda, varðveita proteggere 保護する 보호하다 (ap)saugoti []sargāt memelihara behoeden bevare chronić proteger a păstra; a apăra оберегать (u)chrániť (ob)varovati sačuvati bevara, skydda ปกป้องจากอันตราย korumak 保護 охороняти, оберігати نقصان سے حفاظت کرنا bảo vệ 保护

2 to keep in existence They have managed to preserve many old documents. bewaar يَقي، يُحافِظ على запазвам uchovat bevare erhalten διασώζω, προστατεύω conservar säilitama حفظ کردن säilyttää conserver לִשמוֹר सुरक्षित रखना, बनाये रखना sačuvati megőriz, konzervál menyelamatkan varðveita conservare 保存する 보존하다 išsaugoti, išlaikyti []glabāt memelihara bewaren konservere przechować preservar a păstra сохранять uchovať ohraniti sačuvati bevara ทำให้คงอยู่ korumak 保存，保藏 зберігати بچا کر رکھنا lưu giữ 保存，保藏

3 to treat (food), eg by cooking it with sugar, so that it will not go bad What is the best method of preserving raspberries? inlê يَكْبِس، يَحْفَظ الطَّعام консервирам konzervovat konservere einmachen συντηρώ, διατηρώ conservar konserveerima از فاسد شدن حفظ کردن säilöä conserver לִשמוֹר עַל- रसायनिक विधि से किसी वस्तु की सुरक्षा करना održati u dobrom stanju befőz, eltesz mengawetkan sjóða niður conservare 保存食品にする 보존 가공하다 konservuoti konservēt mengawetkan conserveren sylte, hermetisere, legge ned konserwować conservar a conserva консервировать konzervovať vkuhati konzerviranje konservera ถนอมอาหาร konservesini/reçelini yapmak 把...製成蜜餞 заготовляти; консервувати کھانے کو خراب ہونے سے بچانا bảo quản 把...制成蜜饯

n

1 an activity, kind of work etc in which only certain people are allowed to take part. voorbehoude werk حِفْظ привилегия hájemství område geschlossene Gesellschaft, Veranstaltung, etc. επικράτεια dominio, terreno ainuõiguslik tegevusala کار انحصاری vain määrätyille ihmisille sallittu työ chasse gardée שִימוּר परिरक्षित फल održati,podržavati munka(terület) kegiatan terbatas athöfn sem takmarkaður aðgangur er að (attività riservata) 領分 영역 išimtinai kam skirta sritis liegums bidang voorbehouden werkterrein felt, enemerker zastrzeżona sfera actividade restrita activitate, tip de muncă etc. cu acces limitat дело, область revír (hájnika) domena domen privilegium, förbehållen rätt กิจกรรมที่อนุญาตเฉพาะบางคนเข้าร่วม (belli kişilere ayrılmış) iş 只允許某些人參加的活動或工作 щось, призначене для обмеженого кола людей ايسا کام جس ميں صرف چند لوگوں کو حصہ لينے کي اجازت ہو lĩnh vực hoạt động riêng biệt 只允许某些人参加的活动或工作

2 a place where game animals, birds etc are protected a game preserve. reservaat مَحْمِيَّة حَيوانات صَيْد резерват rezervace reservat; -reservat das Gehege περιοχή προστασίας θηραμάτων coto (de caza) kaitseala منطقه حفاظت شده rauhoitusalue réserve שׁמוָּרת טֶבָע रक्षा या बचाव का अहाता, सुरक्षित स्थान या क्षेत्र lovište,rezervat rezervátum cagar alam verndarsvæði riserva 禁猟区 보호 구역 draustinis konservi kawasan simpanan haiwan reservaat reservat rezerwat reserva rezervaţie заповедник rezervácia rezervat rezervat reservat พื้นที่ที่สงวนไว้สำหรับสัตว์ hayvan koruma alanı 禁獵地 заповідник جگہ جہاں کھيل کے جانوروں اور پرندوں کو رکھا جاتا ہے khu vực bảo tồn 禁猎地

3 jam blackberry jam and other preserves. konfyt مأكولات مَحْفوظَه، مُعَلَّبات، مُرَبَّيات сладко zavařenina syltetøj; marmelade das Eingemachte μαρμελάδα confitura hoidis مربا hillo confiture רִיבָּה जैम, मुरब्बा konzervirana,ukuhana lekvár; befőtt selai sulta; niðursoðnir ávextir conserva, confettura ジャム 잼 uogienė, konservai konservi jem confituur syltetøy konfitura, konserwa compota dulceaţă варенье zaváranina marmelada konzervirano voće ili povrće sylt แยม reçel, marmelât 果醬，蜜餞 варення مربيّ، جَيم mứt 果酱，蜜饯

n preserˈvation [pre-]

the action of preserving or the state or process of being preserved. bewaring حِفْظ، صِيانَه консервиране, запазване konzervace bevarelse die Erhaltung συντήρηση, διατήρηση, προστασία conservación säilitamine حفاظت rauhoittaminen conservation שִׁימוּר परिरक्षित फल या सुरक्षित स्थान, संरक्षण sačuvanje,održavanje megőrzés, konzerválás pengawetan varðveisla conservazione 保存 보존 išlaikymas, išsaugojimas, konservavimas saglabāšana; konservēšana; konservācija pemeliharaan het bewaren, conserveren konservering, bevaring przechowanie, ochrona conservação conservare сохранение; консервирование konzervácia ohranitev očuvanje bevarande, konservering, fridlysning การสงวน koruma 保護，保存 збереження, зберігання نگہ داشت، حفاظت sự giữ gìn 保护，保存

n preˈservative [-vətiv]

something that preserves, especially that prevents food etc from going bad a chemical preservative. preserveermiddel واقٍ، حافِظ، مادَّةٌ تَصون الطعام من الفَساد консервант konzervační prosředek konserveringsmiddel das Konservierungsmittel συντηρητικό conservante konservant ماده نگهدارنده säilytysaine agent de conservation חוֹמֶר מְשָמֵר परिरक्षक, संरक्षक konzervans tartósítószer pengawet rotvarnarefni conservante 防腐剤 방부제 konservantas konservants bahan awet conserveermiddel konserveringsmiddel środek konserwujący conservante con­ser­vant консервант konzervačný prostriedok konzervans prezervativ konserveringsmedel สิ่งที่ป้องกันการเสีย koruyucu madde 防腐劑 консервант محافظ، خراب ہونے سے بچانے والا chất bảo quản 防腐剂

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preserve → مَحْمِيَّة rezervace reservat Reservat καταφύγιο άγριας ζωής reserva suojelualue réserve rezervat riserva 保護区 보류지 reservaat reservat rezerwat reserva de terra заповедник reservat เขตสงวน koruma alanı khu bảo tồn 矿藏量