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UK
/pɹɪsˈɜːv/
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[ US /pɹəˈzɝv, pɹiˈzɝv, pɹɪˈzɝv/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈzɝv, pɹiˈzɝv, pɹɪˈzɝv/ ]
VERB
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keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
The old lady could not keep up the building
We preserve these archeological findings
The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
children must be taught to conserve our national heritage -
prevent (food) from rotting
keep potatoes fresh
preserved meats -
keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
Carry on the old traditions
continue the family tradition
preserve the peace in the family -
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
She saved the old family photographs in a drawer -
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
NOUN
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a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
medicine is no longer a male preserve - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
- a reservation where animals are protected
How To Use preserve In A Sentence
- Those morning glories are grown every year along the south face of the historic, well-preserved post-and-beam barn that is the center of Heritage Farm; the 890-acre spread a few miles north of Decorah that Seed Savers Exchange now calls home. Kurt Michael Friese: Memories of a Life Spent Saving Seeds
- Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.
- This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
- And that is the point: islands used to be the preserve of those who favoured exclusive getaway holidays. Times, Sunday Times
- The BBC must ensure that due impartiality is preserved in its news programmes.
- In this way each part of the fan is aggraded and its symmetric form is preserved. The Elements of Geology
- Such verses are preserved mainly in the kings' sagas; many ‘lausavísur’ or occasional verses, and some love poetry are included in the narratives of family sagas.
- Throughout the whole of competition policy there is a presumption that intervention is justified in order to preserve the public interest.
- International Food, cakes and preserves, exquisite craft, homemade sweets and lollies, pre-loved clothes and books and heaps more.
- The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils.