All 6 Uses of
preserve
in
And Then There Were None
- Matter of self-preservation.
p. 67.6preservation = protection
- But self-preservation's a man's first duty.
p. 67.8
- Macarthur was hit with a life preserver or some such thing on the back of the head.
p. 148.5preserver = protector
- Here was he, junior to the judge by perhaps twenty years, and yet with a vastly inferior sense of self-preservation.
p. 173.4preservation = protection
- Five people who watched each other, who now hardly troubled to hide their state of nervous tension. ... They were five enemies linked together by a mutual instinct of self-preservation.
p. 211.5 *
- I was careful to preserve her fingerprints on it.
p. 298.7preserve = keep as they were
Definitions:
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(1)
(preserve as in: preserve the records) to protect something or to keep it as it is
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(2)
(preserve as in: preserve the peaches) to prepare food in a way that keeps it from spoiling
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(3)
(preserve as in: a wildlife preserve) protected wildlife area
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(4)
(preserve as in: no longer a male preserve) something exclusive to (someone or some group) -- such as an activity or place
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(5)
(preserves as in: mom made preserves) chunks of fruit cooked with sugar (like jam) and sealed (usually in a mason jar) so it will not spoil