Dictionary Entry
reserve
reserve is a 7-letter English word with 21 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
- 2transitive verb
Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.
- 3transitive verb
To make an exception of; to except.
- 4noun
The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.
- 5noun
That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
- 6noun
That which is excepted; exception.
- 7noun
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- 8noun
A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
- 9noun
A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- 10noun
Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.
- 11noun
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
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- 12noun
formality and propriety of manner
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- 13noun
armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- 14noun
a district that is reserved for particular purpose
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- 15noun
an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
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- 16noun
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- 17noun
(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- 18verb
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
"I will earmark this money for your research"
"She sets aside time for meditation every day"
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- 19verb
obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
"We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
- 20verb
hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
"they held back their applause in anticipation"
- 21verb
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
"reserve me a seat on a flight"
"The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"
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