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pre·serve

(prĭ-zûrv′)

v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves

v.tr.

1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.

4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.

a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.

b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

v.intr.

1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.

3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

[Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin praeservāre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servāre, to guard, preserve; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·serv′a·bil′i·ty n.

pre·serv′a·ble adj.

pres′er·va′tion (prĕz′ər-vā′shən) n.

pre·serv′er n.

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preserve

(prɪˈzɜːv)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to keep safe from danger or harm; protect

2. to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain: to preserve old buildings.

3. to maintain possession of; keep up: to preserve a façade of indifference.

4. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change

5. (Cookery) to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition

6. (Cookery) to make preserves of (fruit, etc)

7. (Agriculture) to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing

8. (Agriculture) (intr) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves

9. something that preserves or is preserved

10. a special area or domain: archaeology is the preserve of specialists.

11. (Cookery) (usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar

12. (Hunting) an area where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

[C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe]

preˈservable adj

preˌservaˈbility n

preˈservably adv

preservation n

preˈserver n

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pre•serve

(prɪˈzɜrv)

v. -served, -serv•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.

2. to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.

3. to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments.

4. to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure.

5. to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.

6. to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.

7. to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.

v.i.

8. to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.

9. to maintain a preserve for game or fish, esp. for sport.

10. something that preserves.

11. that which is preserved.

12. Usu., preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.

13. a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, esp. for sport.

[1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe) = Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve]

pre•serv′a•ble, adj.

pre•serv′er, n.

preserve

Past participle: preserved
Gerund: preserving

Imperative
preserve
preserve

Present
I preserve
you preserve
he/she/it preserves
we preserve
you preserve
they preserve

Preterite
I preserved
you preserved
he/she/it preserved
we preserved
you preserved
they preserved

Present Continuous
I am preserving
you are preserving
he/she/it is preserving
we are preserving
you are preserving
they are preserving

Present Perfect
I have preserved
you have preserved
he/she/it has preserved
we have preserved
you have preserved
they have preserved

Past Continuous
I was preserving
you were preserving
he/she/it was preserving
we were preserving
you were preserving
they were preserving

Past Perfect
I had preserved
you had preserved
he/she/it had preserved
we had preserved
you had preserved
they had preserved

Future
I will preserve
you will preserve
he/she/it will preserve
we will preserve
you will preserve
they will preserve

Future Perfect
I will have preserved
you will have preserved
he/she/it will have preserved
we will have preserved
you will have preserved
they will have preserved

Future Continuous
I will be preserving
you will be preserving
he/she/it will be preserving
we will be preserving
you will be preserving
they will be preserving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been preserving
you have been preserving
he/she/it has been preserving
we have been preserving
you have been preserving
they have been preserving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been preserving
you will have been preserving
he/she/it will have been preserving
we will have been preserving
you will have been preserving
they will have been preserving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been preserving
you had been preserving
he/she/it had been preserving
we had been preserving
you had been preserving
they had been preserving

Conditional
I would preserve
you would preserve
he/she/it would preserve
we would preserve
you would preserve
they would preserve

Past Conditional
I would have preserved
you would have preserved
he/she/it would have preserved
we would have preserved
you would have preserved
they would have preserved

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preserve

To treat food so that it keeps in good condition.

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Noun	1.	preserve - a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" arena, domain, sphere, orbit, area, field - a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
	2.	preserve - a reservation where animals are protected reservation, reserve - a district that is reserved for particular purpose shooting preserve - a preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year
	3.	preserve - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar conserve, conserves, preserves confiture - preserved or candied fruit apple butter - thick dark spicy puree of apples chowchow - a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger jam - preserve of crushed fruit lemon cheese, lemon curd - a conserve with a thick consistency; made with lemons and butter and eggs and sugar jelly - a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit marmalade - a preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits
Verb	1.	preserve - 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" uphold, carry on, continue, bear on resume, restart, re-start - take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" hang in, persevere, persist, hang on, hold on - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" go forward, proceed, continue - move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth" sustain, keep up, prolong - lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" mummify - preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of" hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" continue, go on, keep, go along, proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
	2.	preserve - 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 ancient manuscripts" conserve, maintain, keep up keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" embalm - preserve a dead body plastinate - preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" hold the line - hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
	3.	preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" save record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" economize, husband, economise, conserve - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
	4.	preserve - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" keep freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries" conserve - preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" dehydrate, desiccate - preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships" can, tin, put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" refrigerate - preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay" corn - preserve with salt; "corned beef" ready, prepare, cook, fix, make - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" stay fresh, keep - fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
	5.	preserve - maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" keep protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
	6.	preserve - keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes" hold, keep, maintain - keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

preserve

verb

1. maintain, keep, continue, retain, sustain, keep up, prolong, uphold, conserve, perpetuate, keep alive We will do everything we can to preserve peace.
maintain end, drop, give up, abandon, discontinue

2. protect, keep, save, maintain, guard, defend, secure, shelter, shield, care for, safeguard, conserve We need to preserve the rainforests.
protect attack, turn out, assault, assail, leave unprotected

3. keep, save, store, can, dry, bottle, salt, cure, candy, pickle, conserve ginger preserved in syrup

noun

1. (often plural) jam, jelly, conserve, marmalade, confection, sweetmeat, confiture jars of pear and blackberry preserves

2. area, department, field, territory, province, arena, orbit, sphere, realm, domain, specialism The conduct of foreign policy is largely the preserve of the president.

3. reserve, reservation, sanctuary, game reserve one of the world's great wildlife preserves

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preserve

verb

1. To protect (an asset) from loss or destruction:

conserve, husband, save.

2. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm:

defend, guard, protect, safeguard, secure, shield, ward.

Archaic: fend.

3. To keep in a condition of good repair, efficiency, or use:

keep up, maintain, sustain.

4. To prepare (food) for storage and future use:

can, conserve, put up.

noun

Public land kept for a special purpose:

reservation, reserve.

Translations

حِفْظمَحْمِيَّة حَيوانات صَيْدمِنْطَقَةٌ لا يـُمْكِنُ الصَيْدُ فيها يَحْفَظُيَقي، يُحافِظ على

rezervaceuchovatzavařeninachránithájemství

reservatsyltetøjbeskyttebevarekonservere

erhalten gaumen Gehege konservieren Reservat

διασώζω διατηρώ διαφυλάγω καταφύγιο άγριας ζωής

confitura conservar coto guardar proteger

suojelualue

confiture conserver réserve garder maintenir

rezervat

befõttbefõzrezervátum

athöfn sem takmarkaîur aîgangur er aîsjóîa niîursulta; niîursoînir ávextirvarîveitavernda, varîveita

riserva preservare preservazione proteggere riserva di caccia

保護区

보호구역

draustinisišimtinai kam skirta sritisišsaugojimaskonservaikonservantas

glabātkonservētkonserviliegumspasargāt

reservaat

reservat enemerker

rezerwat

reserva de terra reserva natural

заповедник сохранить сохранять

revíruchrániť

konzerviratiohranitivkuhati

reservat

เขตสงวน

hayvan koruma alanıişkonservesini/reçelini yapmakkoruma alanı korumak

khu bảo tồn

保存保护保藏只允许某些人参加的活动或工作把...制成蜜饯

preserve

[prɪˈzɜːv]

A. VT

1. (= keep in existence) [+ endangered species, jobs, language] → proteger, preservar; [+ customs, silence, reputation] → conservar, mantener; [+ sense of humour, memory] → conservar
we will do everything to preserve (the) peace → haremos todo lo posible por mantener la paz
as a doctor, it was my duty to preserve life → como médico, era mi deber salvar vidas
to preserve sb's anonymity → mantener a algn en el anonimato

2. (= keep from decay) [+ object, environment, meat] → conservar
perfectly preserved medieval houses → casas fpl medievales en perfecto estado
to preserve one's looks → conservar el atractivo
to preserve the status quo → mantener el statu quo
the body was preserved in ice → el cuerpo se conservaba en hielo
see also aspic, well-preserved

3. (esp Brit) (Culin) (= bottle, pickle, etc) [+ fruit] → hacer conservas de; [+ meat, fish] → conservar
peppers and chillies may be preserved in oil → los pimientos y los chiles se pueden conservar en aceite
to preserve sth in salt → conservar algo en sal

4. (= protect)

4.1. (gen) → proteger
to preserve sth from/against sth → proteger algo de algo
paint the metal to preserve it from corrosion → pinte el metal para protegerlo de la corrosión

4.2. (in prayers, wishes) may God preserve you → que Dios os ampare
God or Heaven or saints preserve us! → ¡que Dios nos ampare!
heaven preserve us from little boys (hum) → que Dios nos proteja de los niños

5. (for private hunting, fishing) [+ game] → proteger

B. N

1. (Culin)

1.1. (= jam) → mermelada f, confitura f; (= bottled fruit, chutney) → conserva f
damson preserve → mermelada f or confitura f de ciruela damascena

1.2. preserves → conservas fpl

2. (= restricted area)

2.1. (Hunting) → coto m, vedado m; (for wildlife) → reserva f
see also game D
see also wildlife B

2.2. (fig) → dominio m
banking has remained almost exclusively a male preserve → la banca sigue siendo casi exclusivamente del dominio masculino
they are poaching on my preserve → están invadiendo mi terreno

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preserve

[prɪˈzɜː^rv]

(= maintain) [+ status quo, peace, way of life, standards] → préserver

(= protect) [+ forest, building, monument] → préserver
perfectly preserved → parfaitement préservé

[+ food] → mettre en conserve preserved ginger

(= jam) → confiture f
a spiced cranberry preserve to go with the turkey → de la confiture de canneberges épicée pour aller avec la dinde

(for game, fish) → réserve f

(= domain) → domaine m réservé
to be the preserve of sb → être le domaine réservé de qn
a male preserve → un domaine réservé aux hommes
a working class preserve → un domaine réservé de la classe ouvrièrepreserved ginger n
preserved ginger in syrup → du gingembre au sirop en conserve

preserve

(= keep intact, maintain) customs, building, position, eyesight, manuscript → erhalten; peace → wahren, erhalten; dignity, appearances → wahren; memory, reputation → aufrechterhalten, wahren; sense of humour, silence → bewahren

(= keep from decay) → konservieren; specimens etc → präservieren; leather, wood → schützen

(Cook) → einmachen, einkochen; (= pickle) → einlegen; preserving jar → Weckglas® nt, → Einmachglas nt

(= keep from harm, save) → bewahren; may God preserve you! → Gott behüte dich!; to preserve somebody from something → jdn vor etw (dat) → schützen or bewahren; heaven or the saints preserve me from that! (iro) → der Himmel möge mich damit verschonen or möge mir das ersparen!

(Hunt) game, fish → schützen, hegen; preserved fishing/river/wood → unter Schutz stehende Fische/stehender Fluss/Wald

preserves pl (Cook) → Eingemachtes nt; peach preserve(s) → eingemachte Pfirsiche pl; (= jam) → Pfirsichmarmelade f

(= special domain) → Ressort nt; this was once the preserve of the wealthy → dies war einst eine Domäne der Reichen; to poach on somebody’s preserve(s) → jdm ins Handwerk pfuschen; game preserve (Hunt) → Jagd f, → Jagdrevier nt

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preserve

[prɪˈzɜːv]

1. vt

a. (maintain, traditions) → conservare, mantenere; (dignity, peace) → mantenere; (keep intact, buildings, memory) → conservare

b. (keep from decay) → preservare, proteggere
well preserved → ben conservato/a
he is well preserved (hum) → si conserva bene

c. (Culin) → conservare, mettere in conserva

d. (keep from harm, save) → proteggere
preserve me from that! → (che) Dio mi scampi!

2. n

a. (domain) → dominio

b. (reservation) → riserva

c. (often pl, jam) → marmellata; (bottled fruit) → frutta sciroppata

preserve

(priˈzəːv) verb

1. to keep safe from harm. (May) Heaven preserve us from danger!

2. to keep in existence. They have managed to preserve many old documents.

3. to treat (food), eg by cooking it with sugar, so that it will not go bad. What is the best method of preserving raspberries?

noun

1. an activity, kind of work etc in which only certain people are allowed to take part.

2. a place where game animals, birds etc are protected. a game preserve.

3. jam. blackberry jam and other preserves.

ˌpreserˈvation (pre-) noun

the action of preserving or the state or process of being preserved.

preˈservative (-vətiv) noun

something that preserves, especially that prevents food etc from going bad. a chemical preservative.

preserve

→ مِنْطَقَةٌ لا يـُمْكِنُ الصَيْدُ فيها rezervace reservat Reservat καταφύγιο άγριας ζωής reserva suojelualue réserve rezervat riserva 保護区 보호구역 reservaat reservat rezerwat reserva de terra, reserva natural заповедник reservat เขตสงวน koruma alanı khu bảo tồn 自然保护区

preserve

v. preservar, conservar.

preserve

vt preservar; to preserve cognitive function..preservar la función cognitiva

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And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.