Preserver
noun
Someone or something that protects or keeps safe.
The mother bear is a fierce preserver of her cubs.
Often appears as...
- fierce preserver
- natural preserver
noun
A substance used to stop food from going bad.
Some jams contain a preserver to increase their shelf life.
Often appears as...
- food preserver
- natural preserver
noun
A safety device such as a life jacket used to prevent drowning.
In case of emergency, a life preserver is available under your seat.
Often appears as...
- life preserver
- personal flotation preserver
noun
Someone or something that protects or keeps safe.
The mother bear is a fierce preserver of her cubs.
Often appears as...
- fierce preserver
- natural preserver
noun
A substance used to stop food from going bad.
Some jams contain a preserver to increase their shelf life.
Often appears as...
- food preserver
- natural preserver
noun
A safety device such as a life jacket used to prevent drowning.
In case of emergency, a life preserver is available under your seat.
Often appears as...
- life preserver
- personal flotation preserver
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to someone upholding traditions or values.
He is considered a preserver of ancient folklore.
Pro Tip 2/3Animal Context
Often used to describe animals performing protective roles in nature.
The alpha wolf acts as a preserver of the pack.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive action or intent towards something valued.
Librarians are preservers of knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to someone upholding traditions or values.
He is considered a preserver of ancient folklore.
Pro Tip 2/3Animal Context
Often used to describe animals performing protective roles in nature.
The alpha wolf acts as a preserver of the pack.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive action or intent towards something valued.
Librarians are preservers of knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Usage
Can be used metaphorically to refer to someone upholding traditions or values.
He is considered a preserver of ancient folklore.
Pro Tip 2/3Animal Context
Often used to describe animals performing protective roles in nature.
The alpha wolf acts as a preserver of the pack.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Implies a positive action or intent towards something valued.
Librarians are preservers of knowledge.
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The moral roots of...
attained think about yin and yang yin and yang aren't enemies yin and yang don't hate each other yin and yang are both necessary like night and day for the functioning of the world you find the same thing in hinduism uh there are many high gods in hinduism two of them are vishnu the preserver shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those
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Bus2Antarctica: Onboard...
here I've got my flip-flops and backpack I keep all my cameras in here bedtime reading my gps and sunglasses look over here to the closet here are my life preservers and say here I got my clothes
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It's not just physical sick days, it's mental health days. Things are changing. We can add to that change. I'm a life preserver. I think we can all be life preservers. The pain of regret
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The moral roots of...
attained think about yin and yang yin and yang aren't enemies yin and yang don't hate each other yin and yang are both necessary like night and day for the functioning of the world you find the same thing in hinduism uh there are many high gods in hinduism two of them are vishnu the preserver shiva the destroyer this image actually is both of those
Video examples
Bus2Antarctica: Onboard...
here I've got my flip-flops and backpack I keep all my cameras in here bedtime reading my gps and sunglasses look over here to the closet here are my life preservers and say here I got my clothes
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How to start a...
It's not just physical sick days, it's mental health days. Things are changing. We can add to that change. I'm a life preserver. I think we can all be life preservers. The pain of regret
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water.
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Simon Van Booy
British Writer
Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.
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Bill Fagerbakke
American Actor
Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.
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Dennis Prager
American Journalist
American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world.
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Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
The Spice Girls were the life preserver to my high school years.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
Quote examples
Thomas Friedman
American Journalist
Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water.
Quote examples
Simon Van Booy
British Writer
Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.
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Bill Fagerbakke
American Actor
Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.
Quote examples
Dennis Prager
American Journalist
American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world.
Quote examples
Courtney Act
Australian Entertainer
The Spice Girls were the life preserver to my high school years.
Quote examples
William Hazlitt
English Critic
Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
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