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    re·serve
    [rəˈzərv]
    verb
    reserve (verb) · reserves (third person present) · reserved (past tense) · reserved (past participle) · reserving (present participle)
    1. refrain from using or disposing of (something); retain for future use:
      "roll out half the dough and reserve the other half"
      • arrange for (a room, seat, ticket, etc.) to be kept for the use of a particular person and not given to anyone else:
        "a place was reserved for her in the front row"
      • retain or hold (an entitlement to something), especially by formal or legal stipulation:
        "the editor reserves the right to edit letters"
      • refrain from delivering (a judgment or decision) immediately or without due consideration or evidence:
        "I'll reserve my views on his ability until he's played again"
      • (reserve something for)
        use or engage in something only in or at (a particular circumstance or time):
        "Japanese food has been presented as expensive and reserved for special occasions"
      • (in church use) retain (a portion of the consecrated elements) after mass for communion of the sick or as a focus for devotion.
    noun
    reserve (noun) · reserves (plural noun) · the reserves (plural noun)
    1. (reserves)
      a supply of a commodity not needed for immediate use but available if required:
      "Australia has major coal, gas, and uranium reserves"
      • funds kept available by a bank, company, or government:
        "the foreign exchange reserves"
      • a part of a company's profits added to capital rather than paid as a dividend:
        "the bank built up a cash reserve of $2bn to meet any run on the bank once the loss was revealed"
    2. a force or body of troops kept back from action to reinforce or protect others, or additional to the regular forces and available in an emergency:
      "the men were stationed as a central reserve ready to be transported wherever necessary"
      • a member of the military reserve:
        "the army began calling up reserves for combat training"
    3. an extra player who is a possible substitute in a team:
      "he was reserve hooker for the World Cup team"
      • (the reserves)
        the second-string team:
        "playing in the first team has been a big step up after the reserves"
    4. a place set aside for special use.
      • an area of land set aside for occupation by Indigenous people:
        "the Siksika First Nation reserve is about 100 kilometers east of Calgary"
      • a protected area for wildlife:
        "part of the marshes has been managed to create a splendid reserve full of birds"
    5. a lack of warmth or openness in manner or expression:
      "she smiled and some of her natural reserve melted"
      • qualification or doubt attached to some statement or claim:
        "she trusted him without reserve"
    6. short for reserve price
    7. (in the decoration of ceramics or textiles) an area that still has the original color of the material or the color of the background.
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French reserver, from Latin reservare ‘keep back’, from re- ‘back’ + servare ‘to keep’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. refrain from using or disposing of (something); retain for future use:
      put aside
      set aside
      lay aside
      keep back
      keep
      save
      hold
      hold back
      retain
      conserve
      preserve
      put away
      withhold
      earmark
      put to one side
      keep in reserve
      hang onto
      Opposite:
      use up
    noun
    1. a supply of a commodity not needed for immediate use but available if required:
      stock
      store
      supply
      stockpile
      reservoir
      pool
      fund
      bank
      accumulation
      hoard
      cache
      • a force or body of troops kept back from action to reinforce or protect others, or additional to the regular forces and available in an emergency:
        supplementaries
        auxiliaries
        reserves
        support
        backup
        help
        succors
        additional troops
        fresh troops
        additional police
      • an extra player who is a possible substitute in a team:
        substitute
        stand-in
        second-string
        relief
        replacement
        fallback
        emergency
        in reserve
        spare
        extra
        auxiliary
        secondary
        • a lack of warmth or openness in manner or expression:
          reticence
          self-restraint
          restraint
          self-containment
          uncommunicativeness
          unapproachability
          detachment
          distance
          remoteness
          coolness
          aloofness
          stand-offishness
          constraint
          formality
          guardedness
          unresponsiveness
          secretiveness
          taciturnity
          silence
          shyness
          diffidence
          timidity
          self-effacement
          inhibition
          coldness
          frigidity
          froideur
          unwillingness to open up
          lack of warmth
          inhibitedness
          Opposite:
          friendliness
          openness
          approachability
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