preserve

IPA: prʌzˈɝv

To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
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.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

Examples of "preserve" in Sentences

Setting up a nature preserve is under consideration.
The preserve is ready and can be consumed refrigerated for a week.
Extensively updated on the inside, and a nature preserve is in the backyard.
PS - the preserve is a lonnnnng walk and no facilities or supplies - Carry lotsa water
This preserve is beautiful on it's own on an english muffin or traditional american biscuit.
In fact, the subsidized private program that Boehner and Enzi want to preserve is called the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
The word preserve should be understood with some caution because if one imagines it superficially then it depicts more pain than happiness.
One of the rights we intend to preserve is to keep Ontario a strong and vigorous factor in the building of an ever stronger British Commonwealth and Empire.
Dolphin added: "The only pledge that we would preserve is higher funding for international development, not only because it is a relatively small amount of spending (although it is) but in recognition of the urgency of providing more funds to low-income countries badly hit by a financial crisis not of their making."