preserve

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
2. isim A reservation, a nature preserve.

   “Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.”

3. isim An exclusive area of activity.

   “Kids regard their tree houses as their own preserve.”

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

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

5. fiil 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. fiil To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

   “to preserve appearances; to preserve silence”