preserve

About 14.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sweetened spreadable jam or jelly made of any of a variety of fruits, such as strawberry, peach, or apple.

   I like blueberry preserves even better than grape jam on buttered toast.

2. noun Land protected from development and set aside for a particular purpose; reservation, nature preserve.

   wilderness preserve

3. noun Any exclusive or protected domain or area of activity.

   Kids regard their treehouses as their own preserve.

4. verb To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

   Let's pray that we'd be preserved from danger.

5. verb To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.

   to preserve peaches or grapes

6. verb To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

   to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

Similar words

conserve uphold bear on save maintain carry on continue keep up keep conserves

Often followed by

the their a and it his its them of

Word family

preservabilities preservability preservable preserved preserver preservers preserves preserving