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

Verb

[-serving, -served]

1. to keep safe from change or extinction; protect: we are interested in preserving world peace

2. to protect from decay or damage: the carefully preserved village of Cregneish

3. to treat (food) in order to prevent it from decaying

4. to maintain; keep up: the 1.2% increase in earnings needed to preserve living standards

Noun

1. an area of interest restricted to a particular person or group: working-class preserves such as pigeon racing

2. (usually pl) fruit preserved by cooking in sugar

3. an area where game is kept for private hunting or fishing [Latin prae before + servare to keep safe]

preservation 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 << OPPOSITE end

verb 2. protect, keep, save, maintain, guard, defend, secure, shelter, shield, care for, safeguard, conserve << OPPOSITE attack

verb 3. keep, save, store, can, dry, bottle, salt, cure, candy, pickle, conserve

noun 4. (often plural) jam, jelly, conserve, marmalade, confection, sweetmeat, confiture

noun 5. area, department, field, territory, province, arena, orbit, sphere, realm, domain, specialism

noun 6. reserve, reservation, sanctuary, game reserve

Translations

preserve [prɪˈzəːv] vt (= keep safe) → preservar, proteger (= maintain); mantener [+ food]; conservar;

(in salt) → salar

n (for game) → coto, vedado;

(often pl) (= jam); confitura

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preserve [prɪˈzəːv] vt (= keep safe) → préserver, protéger (= maintain); conserver, garder [+ food]; mettre en conserve

n (for game, fish) → réserve f;

(often pl) (= jam); confiture f: (= fruit); fruits mpl en conserve

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preserve [prɪˈzəːv] vt → erhalten [+ peace]; wahren [+ wood]; schützen [+ food]; konservieren

n (often pl) (jam, chutney etc) → Eingemachte(s) nt;

(for game, fish) → Revier nt;

a male preserve (fig) → eine männliche Domäne;

a working class preserve (fig) → eine Domäne der Arbeiterklasse

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preserve [prɪˈzəːv] vt (= keep safe) → preservare, proteggere (= maintain); conservare [+ food]; mettere in conserva

n (for game, fish) → riserva;

(often pl) (= jam); marmellata: (= 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 suojella 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 (음식물을) 가공하여 보존하다, 설탕조림[]하여 저장하다 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 yksinoikeus chasse gardée שִימוּר परिरक्षित फल održati,podržavati munka(terület) kegiatan terbatas athöfn sem takmarkaður aðgangur er að (attività riservata) 領分 (개인의) 영역, 분야 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 금렵지 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, 설탕조림 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 säilöntä conservation שִׁימוּר परिरक्षित फल या सुरक्षित स्थान, संरक्षण sačuvanje,održavanje megőrzés, konzerválás pengawetan varðveisla conservazione 保存 보호; 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 säilöntäaine 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