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Nouns (1)

preserve

n. a reservation where animals are protected

Verbs (10)

preserve

v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

keep, preserve

v. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"

preserve, keep

v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

save, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

preserve, keep up, maintain

v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"

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Fuzzynyms (87)

compote, fruit compote

n. dessert of stewed or baked fruit

park, commons, common, green

n. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

retreat

n. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

bide, abide, stay

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

v. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

champion, defend

v. protect or fight for as a champion

approve, O.K., okay, sanction

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

support, back up

v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"

shelter

v. invest (money) so that it is not taxable

smoke

v. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

dry, dry out

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

cure

v. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"

drain

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

enfeeble, debilitate, drain

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise

v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"

deify

v. exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"

exalt

v. raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"

extend

v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"

preserve, keep up, maintain

keep, maintain

v. maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"

retrench

v. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

withhold, keep back

v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

spare, give up, part with, dispense with

v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

spare

v. use frugally or carefully

unblock, unfreeze, free, release

v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

congregate

v. come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

save

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry

v. have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"

save, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

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Antonyms (24)

discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

abandon, give up

v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

bequeath, will, leave

v. leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

abolish, get rid of

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

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