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# preserves

noun, plural (preserves); verb (preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving)

«preserves» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) Jam, jelly or fruit cooked with sugar and kept in jars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#m1)
2. (verb, he/she preserves) Keeps something safe, unharmed or from going bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#m2)
3. (noun) An area kept for one group or use: a nature preserve; «Football was the boys' preserve.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, Grandma makes preserves from berries; salt, sugar, freezing and drying preserve food. In science and history, ice preserves mammoths and amber preserves insects. Phrases: preserves food, preserves wildlife.

### Examples

- Grandma's strawberry preserves are the best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x1)
- Salt preserves fish so it doesn't rot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x2)
- The freezer preserves food for months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x3)
- Amber preserves tiny insects for millions of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x4)
- The park preserves rare birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x5)
- We bought apricot preserves at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x6)
- The old man now went into the other room to fetch preserves, apples, and nuts--yes, it was delightful over there in the old house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/#x7)

### Note

As a noun it is usually plural. As a verb it is the he/she/it form. Noun: preservation; preservative is a chemical that keeps food fresh.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «preserves» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserves/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«preserves» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preserves.html) on Mova free.