reserve

Definitions of reserve in various dictionaries:

noun - formality and propriety of manner

noun - something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

noun - an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

noun - (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

noun - a district that is reserved for particular purpose

noun - armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

noun - the trait of being uncommunicative

verb - hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency

verb - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

verb - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance

verb - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.

To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.

Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.

The act of reserving.

The keeping of one’s feelings, thoughts, or affairs to oneself.

Self-restraint in expression; reticence: “One feels it everywhere, a quality of reserve, something held back” (Rollene W.

Lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution.

An amount of capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands.

A reservation of public land: a forest reserve.

An amount of a mineral, fossil fuel, or other resource known to exist in a particular location and to be exploitable: the discovery of large oil reserves.

Often reserves.

A fighting force kept uncommitted until strategic need arises.

Held in or forming a reserve: a reserve supply of food.

verb - to keep back for future use