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The definition of preserve

12 Definitions of: preserve

    1. verb, to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
    2. verb, to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain
    3. verb, to maintain possession of; keep up
    4. verb, to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
    5. verb, to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
    6. verb, to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
    7. verb, to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
    8. verb, to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves
    9. noun, something that preserves or is preserved
    10. noun, a special area or domain
    11. noun, fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
    12. noun, areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing
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Synonyms: security, pickle, safety, jelly, sustain, realm, uphold, keeping, support, defence And more...
Antonyms: end, attack
 

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