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preserve
- /pɹəˈzɜːv/ UK
- /pɹəˈzɝv/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)v
Where it comes from
From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
noun preserves · præserve
- A sweetened spreadable jam or jelly made of any of a variety of fruits, such as strawberry, peach, or apple. I like blueberry preserves even better than grape jam on buttered toast.
- Reservation, nature preserve. Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
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An exclusive, often protected, domain or area of activity.
Kids regard their tree houses as their own preserve.
Similar: territory, turf, prerogative
verb preserves · preserving · preserved · præserve
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury. Let's pray that we'd be preserved from danger.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage. to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact. to preserve appearances; to preserve silence
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: conserve, uphold, bear on, save, maintain, carry on, continue, keep up, keep, conserves, jam, stick, preservative, nurture, salvage, store
Translations
Every language
noun sweet fruit spread
| Español | mermelada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 잼 jaem |
| 日本語 | ジャム jamu, プレザーブ purezābu |
| 中文 | 果醬 /果酱 guǒjiàng |
| Français | confiture, conserve |
| Deutsch | Konserve, Eingemachtes |
| Italiano | confettura, marmellata |
| Русский | варе́нье varénʹje |
| Tiếng Việt | mứt |
| العربية | مُرَبًّى murabban |
noun nature preserve
| Español | coto, reserva, reserva natural |
|---|---|
| Português | reserva |
| Français | réserve naturelle |
| Deutsch | Naturschutzgebiet, Naturreservat |
| Italiano | riserva |
| Русский | запове́дник zapovédnik |
noun exclusive domain
| Español | terreno, dominio |
|---|---|
| Français | domaine réservé |
verb to protect
| Español | preservar |
|---|---|
| Português | preservar |
| Français | préserver |
| Deutsch | erhalten, bewahren |
| Italiano | preservare, proteggere, salvaguardare |
| Ελληνικά | διατηρώ diatiró |
| Română | proteja |
| Русский | защища́ть zaščiščátʹ, защити́ть zaščitítʹ, оберега́ть oberegátʹ, обере́чь oberéčʹ, охраня́ть oxranjátʹ, охрани́ть oxranítʹ |
| العربية | حَافَظَ ḥāfaẓa |
verb to prepare food for storage
| Italiano | conservare |
|---|
verb to keep; to maintain the condition of
| Español | conservar |
|---|---|
| Português | conservar |
| Français | conserver |
| Deutsch | bewahren, aufrechterhalten |
| Italiano | preservare |
| Ελληνικά | διατηρώ diatiró |
| Română | întreține |
| Русский | сохраня́ть soxranjátʹ, сохрани́ть soxranítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bảo tồn |
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