| slovo | definícia |
preserver
(encz) | preserver,konzervátor Jaroslav Šedivý |
preserver
(encz) | preserver,ochranář Jaroslav Šedivý |
preserver
(encz) | preserver,restaurátor Jaroslav Šedivý |
Preserver
(gcide) | Preserver \Pre*serv"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from
destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the
life or character of another. --Shak.
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2. One who makes preserves of fruit.
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Game preserver. See under Game.
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preserver
(wn) | preserver
n 1: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish
buildings or antique furniture [syn: refinisher,
renovator, restorer, preserver]
2: a cook who preserves fruits or meat
3: someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
4: rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to
keep a person from drowning [syn: life preserver,
preserver, flotation device] |
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life preserver
(encz) | life preserver,plovací vesta n: Zdeněk Brožlife preserver,záchranná vesta n: Zdeněk Brožlife preserver,záchranný pás Zdeněk Brož |
life-preserver
(encz) | life-preserver,plovací vesta n: Zdeněk Brož |
preserver
(encz) | preserver,konzervátor Jaroslav Šedivýpreserver,ochranář Jaroslav Šedivýpreserver,restaurátor Jaroslav Šedivý |
Game preserver
(gcide) | Game \Game\, a.
1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;
ready to fight to the last; plucky.
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I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought
even to the death. --W. Irving.
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2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,
or to the act or practice of hunting.
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Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game
captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,
partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore
or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,
and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily
restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and
guns.
Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.
Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking
game for food or for sport.
Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of
game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
To be game.
(a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
(b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the
last; to die fighting.
[1913 Webster]Preserver \Pre*serv"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from
destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the
life or character of another. --Shak.
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2. One who makes preserves of fruit.
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Game preserver. See under Game.
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Life-preserver
(gcide) | Life-preserver \Life"-pre*serv`er\
(l[imac]f"pr[-e]*z[~e]rv`[~e]r), n.
An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various
materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the
body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.
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life preserver
(wn) | life preserver
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to
keep a person from drowning [syn: life preserver,
preserver, flotation device] |
preserver
(wn) | preserver
n 1: a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish
buildings or antique furniture [syn: refinisher,
renovator, restorer, preserver]
2: a cook who preserves fruits or meat
3: someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
4: rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to
keep a person from drowning [syn: life preserver,
preserver, flotation device] |
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