| • | To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. |
| • | To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes. |
| • | To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence. |
| • | To make preserves. |
| • | To protect game for purposes of sport. |
| • | That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural. |
| • | A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food. |
