Preserve

verb (used with object), preserved, preserving.
1.
to keep alive or in existence; make lasting:
to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
2.
to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
3.
to keep up; maintain:
to preserve historical monuments.
4.
to keep possession of; retain:
to preserve one’s composure.
5.
to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.
6.
to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.
7.
to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.
verb (used without object), preserved, preserving.
8.
to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.
9.
to maintain a preserve for game or fish, especially for sport.
noun
10.
something that preserves.
11.
that which is preserved.
12.
Usually, preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.
13.
a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.
verb (mainly transitive)
1.
to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
2.
to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain: to preserve old buildings
3.
to maintain possession of; keep up: to preserve a façade of indifference
4.
to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
5.
to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
6.
to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
7.
to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
8.
(intransitive) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves
noun
9.
something that preserves or is preserved
10.
a special area or domain: archaeology is the preserve of specialists
11.
(usually pl) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
12.
areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing