preserve
US /prɪˈzɜ:rv/
・UK /prɪˈzɜ:v/
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v.t.Transitive VerbTo cook food so it can be kept for long periods
I will preserve these apples by putting them in cans
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Sweet fruit spread; jam
This preserve is made of apples
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Protected area of land with plants and animals
This is a nature preserve, where we protect the animals
v.t.Transitive VerbTo protect something from harm, loss or damage
I hope you will preserve my house from the fire next door
v.t.Transitive VerbTo keep or maintain unchanged or perfect
I do hope we can preserve our country lifestyle, but I’m worried we’re losing it
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How to fight climate change with parking lots
- Or they want to preserve farmland.
Or they want to preserve farmland.
- It's a way to build solar arrays that allow for agricultural use between the panels to preserve some farmland for crops, grazing, or native species.
It's a way to build solar arrays that allow for agricultural use between the panels to preserve some farmland for crops, grazing, or native species.
Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News
- We preserve choice by making sure that everybody has health care.
We preserve choice by making sure that everybody has health care.
- We preserve choice by making sure that everybody has health care.
We preserve choice by making sure that everybody has health care.
Phases of Meiosis
- You preserve the number of chromosomes.
You preserve the number of chromosomes.
- so it's very similar to this.You preserve the number of chromosomes.
so it's very similar to this.You preserve the number of chromosomes.
Who Owns Antarctica? (Bizarre Borders Part 3)
- By the way, because it's a nature preserve, there's a rule about garbage, "Leave nothing behind".
By the way, because it's a nature preserve, there's a rule about garbage, "Leave nothing behind".
- By the way, because it's a nature preserve, there's a rule about garbage: leave nothing behind.
By the way, because it's a nature preserve, there's a rule about garbage: leave nothing behind.
FULL SPEECH: President Joe Biden gives address after dropping out of 2024 election
- Preserve our democracy.
Preserve our democracy.
- So let's act together, preserve our democracy.
So let's act together, preserve our democracy.
What the Heck Is a Nudibranch? with Marine Biologist Jessica Goodheart
- One of the downsides to working on nudibranchs is that unfortunately they lose their color when we preserve them.
One of the downsides to working on nudibranchs is that unfortunately they lose their color when we preserve them.
- One of the downsides to working on nudibranchs is that, unfortunately, they lose their color when we preserve them, so they don't look quite as exciting in the collection as they do in real life.
One of the downsides to working on nudibranchs is that, unfortunately, they lose their color when we preserve them, so they don't look quite as exciting in the collection as they do in real life.
The Psychology of Male Loneliness
- It starts the moment that one person says to another, "I am going out of my mind," or "I hate my partner's guts," or "I am terrified," or "Help me!" It starts when a man can admit, "I am in love with a colleague," or "I can't get it up anymore," or "The anxiety never stops." There won't be a friendship that properly counts until we can reveal ourselves to be as weak as we are, until we can confess that we have been lying to preserve face and that the truth is far ghastlier and sadder, far more tender and more pathetic than we have yet been able to let on.
It starts the moment that one person says to another, "I am going out of my mind," or "I hate my partner's guts," or "I am terrified," or "Help me!" It starts when a man can admit, "I am in love with a colleague," or "I can't get it up anymore," or "The anxiety never stops." There won't be a friendship that properly counts until we can reveal ourselves to be as weak as we are, until we can confess that we have been lying to preserve face and that the truth is far ghastlier and sadder, far more tender and more pathetic than we have yet been able to let on.
- Until we can confess that we've been lying to preserve face, and that the truth is far ghastlier and sadder, far more tender and more pathetic than we've yet been able to let on.
Until we can confess that we've been lying to preserve face, and that the truth is far ghastlier and sadder, far more tender and more pathetic than we've yet been able to let on.
How the World’s Stinkiest Fish Really Tastes
- The story goes that sailors couldn't preserve their barrels of herring with the limited salt supplies.
The story goes that sailors couldn't preserve their barrels of herring with the limited salt supplies.
- The story goes that sailors couldn't preserve their barrels of herring with the limited salt supplies, so the fish started going bad.
The story goes that sailors couldn't preserve their barrels of herring with the limited salt supplies, so the fish started going bad.
Obama: Japan's Hidden Historical Port Town | 2-Day Trip
- Sushi and sashimi are popular ways to eat fish from around Japan these days, but what do you do when you're a hungry Kyoto merchant in the 1500s and 50km from the sea with no car to travel and no fridge to preserve that fish?
Sushi and sashimi are popular ways to eat fish from around Japan these days, but what do you do when you're a hungry Kyoto merchant in the 1500s and 50km from the sea with no car to travel and no fridge to preserve that fish?
- but what do you do when you're a hungry Kyoto merchant in the 1500s and 50 kilometres from the sea with no car to travel and no fridge to preserve that fish?
but what do you do when you're a hungry Kyoto merchant in the 1500s and 50 kilometres from the sea with no car to travel and no fridge to preserve that fish?
The Book of the Dead May Not Be What You Think It Is
- Having a cool tomb might be a status symbol that could help preserve your legacy.
Having a cool tomb might be a status symbol that could help preserve your legacy.
- Having a cool tomb might be a status symbol that could help preserve your legacy.
Having a cool tomb might be a status symbol that could help preserve your legacy.