Толковый словарь английского языка - preserve

I. verb (~d; preserving) see: conserve Date: 14th century transitive verb to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction ; protect, 2. to keep alive, intact, or free from decay, maintain, 3. to keep or save from decomposition, to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use, to keep up and reserve for personal or special use, intransitive verb to make ~s, to raise and protect game for purposes of sport, to be able to be ~d (as by canning), preservability noun preservable adjective preservation noun ~r noun II. noun Date: 1600 fruit canned or made into jams or jellies or cooked whole or in large pieces in a syrup so as to keep its shape, an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural resources (as animals or plants) , something regarded as reserved for certain persons