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PRESERVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
Synonyms:
flotation device; life preserver; preserver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("preserver" is a kind of...):
float (something that floats on the surface of water)
rescue equipment (equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preserver"):
life belt; life buoy; life ring; lifesaver (a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material)
cork jacket; life jacket; life vest (life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design)
water wings (a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("preserver" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preserver"):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Derivation:
preserve (maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A cook who preserves fruits or meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("preserver" is a kind of...):
cook (someone who cooks food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preserver"):
salter (someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods)
Derivation:
preserve (prevent (food) from rotting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
Synonyms:
preserver; refinisher; renovator; restorer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("preserver" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Context examples:
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him, as to the cold-tubbing races, the love of water had been a tonic and a health preserver.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Following Mr. Dashwood's directions, and making Mrs. Northbury her model, Jo rashly took a plunge into the frothy sea of sensational literature, but thanks to the life preserver thrown her by a friend, she came up again not much the worse for her ducking.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And the life-preserver in which I floated?
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Oberstein had a short life-preserver.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I gasped with the anguish and shock of it, filling my lungs before the life-preserver popped me to the surface.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
What happened in the next few minutes I do not recollect, though I have a clear remembrance of pulling down life-preservers from the overhead racks, while the red-faced man fastened them about the bodies of an hysterical group of women.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It is a picture, and I can see it now,—the jagged edges of the hole in the side of the cabin, through which the grey fog swirled and eddied; the empty upholstered seats, littered with all the evidences of sudden flight, such as packages, hand satchels, umbrellas, and wraps; the stout gentleman who had been reading my essay, encased in cork and canvas, the magazine still in his hand, and asking me with monotonous insistence if I thought there was any danger; the red-faced man, stumping gallantly around on his artificial legs and buckling life-preservers on all comers; and finally, the screaming bedlam of women.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
