Results for preserve
Definitions of preserve:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A fruit or vegetable boiled with sugar, to keep it from decay, and to render it pleasant to the taste; a place set apart for the shelter and protection of game intended for sport.
part of speech: verb transitive
To keep from injury: to defend: to keep in a sound state: to season for preservation: to keep up, as appearances.
part of speech: noun
That which is preserved, as fruit, etc.: a place for the protection of animals, as game, etc.
part of speech: verb transitive
To keep from injury; defend; uphold; save; keep in a wholesome state; put up with sugar, salt, etc., for keeping; as, to preserve fruit; keep up; maintain.
part of speech: verb
To keep or save from injury or destruction; to keep from decay or in a sound state; to secure; to defend; to maintain, as appearances; to boil with sugar to keep from decay.
part of speech: noun
Fruit, etc., put up and kept in sugar; a place set apart for keeping game, fish, etc.
part of speech: adjective
Preservable.
Usage examples for preserve:
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I myself had little, it might seem, to live for; but still life is dear to all of us, and I considered what I could do to preserve mine.
"Old Jack", W.H.G. Kingston -
You asked me, as a special favor, to preserve and secure for you something which you held very valuable.
"At the Mercy of Tiberius", August Evans Wilson -
Put the lock back with that poetry to preserve it, and do let us hear the rest of it.
"Cupid's Middleman", Edward B. Lent -
Why, said the woman, nowadays it is impossible for a poor woman like me to preserve my honour in the palace.
"Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day