To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.
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.
To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence.
To make preserves.
To protect game for purposes of sport.
That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; - commonly in the plural.
A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food.
That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.
Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family.
Accumulated; hoarded.
To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
