Source: http://www.lexipedia.com/english/preserve
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 03:51:53+00:00

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v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
v. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"
v. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
v. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"
v. make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"
v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
v. exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
v. maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
v. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"
v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"
v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"
v. raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
v. come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
v. have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of life insurance"
v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"
v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
v. give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
v. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
v. leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

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