Usually means: Maintain something in its original state.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word preserve:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. preserve: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. preserve: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preserve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preserve: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preserve: Vocabulary.com
  6. Preserve, preserve: Wordnik
  7. preserve: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. preserve: Wiktionary
  9. preserve: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. preserve: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. preserve: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. preserve: Dictionary.com
  13. preserve (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. preserve: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Preserve (company), Preserve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Preserve: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. preserve: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. preserve: Rhymezone
  19. preserve: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. preserve: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. preserve: Free Dictionary
  22. preserve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. preserve: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. preserve: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Preserve (disambiguation), preserve: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Preserve (disambiguation), preserve: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. preserve: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. PRESERVE: Acronym Finder
  3. preserve: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preserve: Evolution Glossary
  2. preserve: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preserve: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See preservability as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
noun:  A reservation, a nature preserve.
noun:  An activity with restricted access.
verb:  To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
verb:  To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
verb:  To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

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