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Defenition of the word preserve

    • Defenition of the word preserve

      • A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
      • To keep something or someone safe or prevent harm coming to someone or something.
      • To protect; to keep; to maintain the condition of.
      • fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
      • keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"
      • maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
      • a reservation where animals are protected
      • a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
      • prevent from rotting, of foods; "preserved meats"
      • keep in perfect or unaltered condition; "We preserve these archeological findings"
      • to keep up and reserve for personal or special use: "save something in case you hit trouble."
      • prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
      • to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
      • 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 an
      • 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"
      • keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"
      • maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
      • a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
      • prevent (food) from rotting
      • to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
      • keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
      • keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
      • keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
      • maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

    Synonyms for the word preserve

      • ambit
      • bear on
      • care for
      • carry on
      • conserve
      • conserves
      • continue
      • defend
      • domain
      • field
      • game reserve
      • jam
      • jelly
      • keep
      • keep up
      • maintain
      • marmalade
      • preserves
      • protect
      • realm
      • reservation
      • reserve
      • safeguard
      • sanctuary
      • save
      • sphere
      • sustain
      • territory
      • uphold

    Similar words in the preserve

      • preserve
      • preserver
      • preserver's
      • preservers

    Hyponyms for the word preserve

      • apple butter
      • can
      • chowchow
      • conserve
      • corn
      • cure
      • dehydrate
      • desiccate
      • economise
      • economize
      • embalm
      • enter
      • freeze-dry
      • hang in
      • hang on
      • hold on
      • hold the line
      • husband
      • jam
      • jelly
      • keep up
      • lemon cheese
      • lemon curd
      • marmalade
      • mummify
      • perpetuate
      • persevere
      • persist
      • pickle
      • plastinate
      • prolong
      • put down
      • put up
      • re-start
      • record
      • refrigerate
      • restart
      • resume
      • salt
      • shooting preserve
      • sustain
      • tin

    Hypernyms for the word preserve

      • area
      • arena
      • confiture
      • cook
      • domain
      • field
      • fix
      • hold
      • hold on
      • keep
      • maintain
      • make
      • orbit
      • prepare
      • protect
      • ready
      • reservation
      • reserve
      • sphere

    Antonyms for the word preserve

      • cease
      • discontinue
      • give up
      • lay off
      • quit
      • stop

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