preserve
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(verb) prevent from rotting, of foods; "preserved meats" |
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Related Words: can, corn, cure, freeze-dry, pickle, prepare, put up, salt, tin |
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(verb) keep in perfect or unaltered condition; "We preserve these archeological findings" |
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Synonyms: keep up, maintain |
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Related Words: hold the line, keep |
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(noun) a reservation where animals are protected |
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Related Words: reservation, reserve, shooting preserve |
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(noun) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" |
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Related Words: area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere |
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(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use: "save something in case you hit trouble." |
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Synonyms: conserve, save |
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Related Words: conserve, economise, economize, embalm, enter, hold on, husband, keep, put down, record |
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(verb) maintain in safety form injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" |
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Synonyms: keep |
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Related Words: protect |
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(noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
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Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserves |
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Related Words: apple butter, chowchow, confiture, jam, jelly, marmalade |
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(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition" |
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Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
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Related Words: hang in, hang on, hold, hold on, keep, keep up, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, prolong, restart, resume, sustain |
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