Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) 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..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence..

Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.

Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport.

Preserve :: Preserve (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural..

Preserve :: Preserve (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food..

Preserved :: Preserved (imp. & p. p.) of Preserv.

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who makes preserves of fruit.

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose..

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain..

Reserve :: Reserve (v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) That which is excepted; exception.

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

Reserved :: Reserved (imp. & p. p.) of Reserv.

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank..

Reservee :: Reservee (n.) One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor..

Reserver :: Reserver (n.) One who reserves.

Unreserve :: Unreserve (n.) Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication.

Unreserved :: Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

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