All 6 Uses
preserve
in
A Separate Peace
(Edited)
- It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation.
p. 9.4preservation = protection
- Now here it was after all, preserved by some considerate hand with varnish and wax.
p. 10.1preserved = protected
- Preserved along with it, like stale air in an unopened room, was the well known fear which had surrounded and filled those days, so much of it that I hadn't even known it was there.
p. 10.1preserved = kept
- We were careless and wild, and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve.
p. 24.3preserve = protect
- And as far as the history of the Class of 1943 at the Devon School is concerned, this was the only part of our conversation worth preserving.
p. 109.2preserving = keeping
- The thing to be was careful and self-preserving.
p. 159.6 *preserving = protecting
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
- (6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)