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📖 Определения и значения для слова preserve

📒 to keep a particular quality, feature, etc.; to make sure that something is kept

  • He was anxious to preserve his reputation.
  • Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
  • She managed to preserve her sense of humour under very trying circumstances.

📒 to keep something in its original state in good condition

  • preserve something/somebody a perfectly preserved 14th century house
  • (humorous) Is he really 60? He's remarkably well preserved.
  • We need knowledgeable gallery curators to preserve great masterpieces for posterity.

📒 to prevent something, especially food, from decaying (= being destroyed by natural processes) by treating it in a particular way

  • preserve something Wax polish preserves wood and leather.
  • preserved lemons
  • preserve something in something olives preserved in brine

📒 to keep somebody/something alive, or safe from harm or danger

  • The society was set up to preserve endangered species from extinction.
  • We need to take action to help preserve fish stocks.
  • She wanted to preserve him from harassment.
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