Clues for the word "PRESERVE"
We've had 48 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 45 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 06, 2025.
Definition of preserve
- v. t. - To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
- v. t. - To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes.
- v. t. - To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
- v. i. - To make preserves.
- v. i. - To protect game for purposes of sport.
- n. - That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural.
- n. - A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
Referring Clues
- Where game is protected
- No hunting area
- Jam or pickle
- Can
- Maintain
- Jam
- Place where game is protected
- Can or salt, e.g.
- Conservationist's field?
- Keep from spoiling
- Save
- Maintain - jam
- Paddington's foremost store of marmalade?
- Jam Penny set aside
- An order you'll carry out, if you can!
- Don't lose that quiet shyness
- Keep the above book page
- Keep that quiet aloofness
- Keep quiet and hold back
- Keep small cash book
- One's own business in a jam?
- Protect Penny's modesty
- Keep - jam
- Maintain quiet reticence
- Pickle store
- Keep out of pickle
- Jam book behind piano
- Pickle, perhaps, specially for game
- Safeguard the wildlife enclosure
- Can head to pound store
- Quietly hoard jam
- Save jam
- Keep safe before getting help
- Keep quiet with book
- Jam in pupil's first book!
- Keep page on top of book
- Conserve
- Protect, maintain
- Keep page attached to book
- Keep book under piano
- Uphold Pasternak's first book
- Keep safe
- Safeguard
- Keep quiet over book
- Keep from decomposing
- Keep
- Save for later, in a way
- Keep from decaying
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 04, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 21, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 08, 2024
- USA Today - November 29, 2023
- LA Times - August 30, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 20, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 04, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - August 01, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 12, 2022
- Guardian Cryptic - August 14, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - May 01, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 20, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 11, 2017
- Guardian Quiptic - February 06, 2017
- New York Times - November 05, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - October 03, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 15, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 08, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 02, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - August 07, 2014
- USA Today - April 03, 2014
- Universal - January 12, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - January 10, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - June 18, 2013
- Guardian Quick - January 18, 2013
- Guardian Everyman - November 18, 2012
- Universal - September 03, 2012
- And in 15 more crossword puzzles...