reserve
IPA: rɪzˈɝv
noun
- A restriction.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
- (military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- A reserve price in an auction.
- Wine held back and aged before being sold.
- (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
- Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
- (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- (calico printing) A resist.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
- A city in Kansas.
- A census-designated place in Louisiana.
- A census-designated place in Montana.
- A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.
- A census-designated place in Wisconsin.
verb
- To keep back; to retain.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
- To book in advance; to make a reservation.
- (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
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Examples of "reserve" in Sentences
- Animals reserve fats in winter.
- Squerrels reserve acorns at their sites.
- The annals record is reserved in the museum.
- The annexation of Oudh was reserved to the last.
- The mammal fauna of the reserve is impoverished.
- That indignity is usually reserved for the university.
- The constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
- There was no untapped reserve of occasional playgoers.
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