Dictionary Entry
preserve
preserve is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
- 4intransitive verb
To make preserves.
- 5intransitive verb
To protect game for purposes of sport.
- 6noun
That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
- 7noun
A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
- 8noun
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
- 9noun
a reservation where animals are protected
- 10noun
a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
"medicine is no longer a male preserve"
- 11verb
prevent (food) from rotting
"preserved meats"
"keep potatoes fresh"
Synonyms
- 12verb
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
"She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
Synonyms
- 13verb
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"
- 14verb
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
"preserve the peace in the family"
"continue the family tradition"
- 15verb
keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
"preserve the forest and the lakes"
- 16verb
maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
"May God keep you"
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