[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/reserve/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / reserve # reserve verb (reserve, reserves, reserved, reserving); noun (a reserve, reserves) «reserve» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To ask for something, like a table or a seat, to be kept for you: "We reserved a table." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m1) 2. To keep something for later or for a special use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m2) 3. As a noun, an extra amount kept in case it is needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m3) 4. A protected area of land for wild animals and plants: "a nature reserve". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m4) 5. In sport, a player who waits to come on if needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m5) 6. Reserve can also mean a quiet, careful way of not showing your feelings or talking much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#m6) ### In the lessons In everyday life families reserve tables, tickets or campsites. In science and geography, nature reserves protect wildlife. In sport a reserve player sits on the bench. In maths and money, a reserve is an amount kept back. Phrases: nature reserve, in reserve, reserve a seat, reserved seat. ### Examples - We reserved a table at the restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x1) - These seats are reserved for older people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x2) - We saw otters at the nature reserve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x3) - He was a reserve for the football match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x4) - Keep some water in reserve for the walk home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x5) - Can I reserve the book at the library? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x6) - The camel's hump stores a reserve of fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x7) - "He weren't zackly drowndid, honey," replied the old man, With an air of cautious reserve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/#x8) ### Note Regular verb: reserve, reserved. The noun is also "reservation" for a booking. "Reserved" can also mean quiet and shy about showing feelings. In the USA, "reservation" is also land set aside for Native American nations. In maths: if you keep 5 of 20 sweets in reserve, you can use 15 now. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it means to set something aside, such as a portion of land for a leader. In the primary lessons: In everyday life families reserve tables, tickets or campsites. In science and geography, nature reserves protect wildlife. In sport a reserve player sits on the bench. In maths and money, a reserve is an amount kept back. Phrases: nature reserve, in reserve, reserve a seat, reserved seat. ### Examples - And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel. (Torah DEU.33.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x1) - Happiness is reserved for the just, and misery for the wicked ones. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x2) - In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x3) - Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? (Writings JOB.38.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x4) - That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath? (Writings JOB.21.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x5) - And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. (Prophets 2SA.8.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/#x6) ### Note Regular verb: reserve, reserved. The noun is also "reservation" for a booking. "Reserved" can also mean quiet and shy about showing feelings. In the USA, "reservation" is also land set aside for Native American nations. In maths: if you keep 5 of 20 sweets in reserve, you can use 15 now. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «reserve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserve/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reserve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reserve.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «reserve» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reserve/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«reserve» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reserve.html) on Mova free.