meaning of preserve
1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc. ; to protect.
2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc. ; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc. ; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
4. To make preserves.
5. To protect game for purposes of sport.
6. That which is preserved; fruit, etc. , seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp. , fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
7. A place in which game, fish, etc. , are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
8. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
Related Words
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