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Definition of preserve : To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.

Synonyms:

relate, economize, regularize, come to, joinery, moat, paste, biological control, caviar, continue, standardize, go forward, spread, fend, fulfil, sand, proceed, preserves, jam, do up, redeem, extend, withstand, game reserve, impact, menagerie, keep open, detain, deal, game preserve, withhold, peanut butter, support, ward, cure, dry, observe, wield, restrain, marmalade, asseverate, touch on, dehydrate, corn, pertain, biodegradable, write, carry through, jelly, push, carpentry, follow, clean, hold open, lay aside, level, concern, catalytic converter, keep up, petting zoo, affect, pull through, obey, pot, economise, refrain, touch, stay, act up, biohazard, store, salt, souse, carry, conduct, prolong, make unnecessary, smoke, season, mortice, kipper, hold on, dovetail, evaporate, go along, stabilize, salve, stay fresh, sawdust, keep back, captivity, reservation, refer, spare, hold back, put up, bring through, fiefdom, butter, exert, bear upon, carbon-neutral, carbon trading, knotty, conserves, remain, persist in, have-to doe with, keep abreast, relieve, celebrate, carbon sink, sustain, keep on, uphold, territory, waste, attack, assert, pound, pickle, carry on, put down, clean up, nature reserve, kingdom, the carbon cycle, jog along, save up, orbit, process, salvage, stay on, bear on, mortise, husband, domain, deliver, care for, go on

maintain, keep, save, reserve

secure, protect, shelter, shield, guard, safeguard, defend, cover

hold, hinder, retain, prevent

conserve, quick-freeze, archive, embalm, freeze, bottle, refrigerate, can, petrify, marinate, mummify, bank

Usage examples:

• You can and should preserve it. - "Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution", L. Carroll Judson.
• Respect those collections of books, and you will both respect yourselves and preserve the great national library. - "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two", Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
• Mrs. Amberley asked no more questions, but her solicitor cross- examined Lady Sedbergh as to the means she had taken to preserve the knowledge of the hiding- place from her own maid, for instance, or from the other servants of the house. - "The Honour of the Clintons", Archibald Marshall.