| VERB | stative | preserve, continue, uphold, carry on, bear on | keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
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| possession | preserve, conserve, maintain, keep up | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | |
| possession | preserve, save | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | |
| change | preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting | |
| stative | preserve, keep | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | |
| stative | preserve | keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing / fishing | |
| NOUN | state | preserve | a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone |
| location | preserve | a reservation where animals are protected | |
| food | preserve, conserve, conserves, preserves | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
| Sounds | prahzer'v; prihzer'v; priyzer'v | |
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| Rhymes | conserve ... verve: 12 rhymes with erv... | |
| Meaning | A domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone. | |
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| Example | "medicine is no longer a male preserve" | |
| Broader | sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena | A particular environment or walk of life |
| Verbs | preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use |
| Meaning | A reservation where animals are protected. | |
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| Narrower | shooting preserve | A preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the year |
| Broader | reservation, reserve | A district that is reserved for particular purpose |
| Verbs | preserve | maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger |
| Meaning | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. | |
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| Synonyms | conserve, conserves, preserves | |
| Narrower | apple butter | Thick dark spicy puree of apples |
| chowchow | A Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger | |
| jam | preserve of crushed fruit | |
| jelly | A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit | |
| lemon curd, lemon cheese | A conserve with a thick consistency | |
| marmalade | A preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | |
| Broader | confiture | preserved or candied fruit |
| Spanish | conserva, conservas | |
| Catalan | conserva, conserves | |
| Verbs | preserve | prevent (food) from rotting |
| Meaning | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last / last. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "preserve the peace in the family" | |
| Synonyms | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on | |
| Narrower | mummify | preserve while making lifeless |
| perpetuate | Cause to continue or prevail | |
| persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on | Be persistent, refuse to stop | |
| prolong, sustain, keep up | lengthen or extend in duration or space | |
| resume, restart, re-start | take up or begin anew | |
| Broader | keep, maintain, hold | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
| Opposite | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
| Similar to | continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep | Continue a certain state, condition, or activity |
| proceed, go forward, continue | Move ahead | |
| Spanish | continuar, mantener, persistir, preservar, seguir, sustentar | |
| Catalan | continuar, persistir, seguir | |
| Nouns | preservation | the condition of being (well or ill) preserved |
| Meaning | Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "We preserve these archeological findings" | |
| Synonyms | conserve, maintain, keep up | |
| Narrower | embalm | preserve a dead body |
| hold the line | hold the line on prices | |
| plastinate | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes | |
| Broader | keep | look after |
| Spanish | conservar, llevar, mantener, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
| Adjectives | preservative | tending or having the power to preserve |
| Nouns | preservation | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| Meaning | To keep up and reserve for personal or special use. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue preserve the movie | |
| Synonym | save | |
| Entailed by | reclaim, recover | reuse (materials from waste products) |
| Narrower | conserve, husband, economize, economise | Use cautiously and frugally |
| record, enter, put down | make a record of | |
| Broader | keep, hold on | Retain possession of |
| Spanish | ahorrar, conservar, preservar, resguardar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar, resguardar | |
| Nouns | preserve | a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone |
| Meaning | prevent (food) from rotting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs preserve the vegetables | |
| Example | "preserved meats" | |
| Synonym | keep | |
| Narrower | can, tin, put up | preserve in a can or tin / tin |
| conserve | preserve with sugar | |
| corn | preserve with salt | |
| cure | Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | |
| dehydrate, desiccate | preserve by removing all water and liquids / liquids from | |
| freeze-dry | preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum | |
| pickle | preserve in a pickling liquid / liquid | |
| refrigerate | preserve by chilling | |
| salt | preserve with salt | |
| Broader | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
| Similar to | keep, stay fresh | fail to spoil or rot |
| Spanish | conservar, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
| Adjectives | preservative | tending or having the power to preserve |
| Nouns | preserve | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
| preserver | a cook who preserves fruits or meat | |
| Meaning | Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | keep | |
| Broader | protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage / damage |
| Similar to | keep | look after |
| Spanish | conservar, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
| Nouns | preservation | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
| preserve | a reservation where animals are protected | |
| preserver | someone who keeps safe from harm or danger | |
| Meaning | Keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing / fishing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "preserve the forest and the lakes" | |
| Broader | keep, maintain, hold | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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