RESERVE

v. save for later, keep back for future use, retain; set aside for a specific purpose; order in advance (hotel room, airline ticket, etc.)

n. stock, supply; military force that is not on active duty but can be mobilized as needed; park, area of land set aside for a specific use; restraint, reticence, formality of behavior; supply of readily available cash (Finance)

Reserve (sometimes Reserves) may refer to:Course reserve, library materials reserved for particular usersDynamic reserve, the set of metabolites that the organism can use for metabolic purposesReserve clause, in North American professional sports contractsGame reserve, land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or huntingFuel reserve, an extra fuel tank, or extra fuel in the main fuel tankRecreation reserve, a park with sporting or other recreational facilitiesReserve stockpile, bulk materials reserved for future useReserved decision, where a judge takes time to review evidence and the law and delivers a decision at a later timeNature reserve, a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest,Indian reserve, in Canada, a tract of land reserved for the use and benefit of a bandReserve team, the second team fielded by a sports club, often football-soccer
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Noun
1. formality and propriety of manner
(synonym) modesty
(hypernym) propriety, properness, correctitude
(hyponym) demureness
2. something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
(synonym) backlog, stockpile
(hypernym) accumulation
(hyponym) bank
(derivation) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside
3. an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
(synonym) substitute
(hypernym) athlete, jock
(hyponym) bench warmer
(member-holonym) bench
4. (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
(hypernym) indefinite quantity
(hyponym) pulmonary reserve
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
5. a district that is reserved for particular purpose
(synonym) reservation
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(hyponym) indian reservation
6. armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
(synonym) military reserve
(hypernym) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
(member-meronym) reservist
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
7. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
(synonym) reticence, taciturnity
(hypernym) uncommunicativeness
Verb
1. hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
(hypernym) withhold, keep back
(hyponym) devote
(derivation) backlog, stockpile
2. give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
(synonym) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside
(hypernym) assign, allot, portion
(derivation) backlog, stockpile
3. obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) book up
(verb-group) hold, book
(derivation) reservation
4. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
(synonym) hold, book
(hypernym) request, bespeak, call for, quest
(hyponym) keep open, hold open, keep, save
(entail) procure, secure
(derivation) reservation
Adjective
1. not engaged in military action
(synonym) inactive, reserve(a)
(similar) nonoperational
2. kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
(synonym) reserve(a), spare
(similar) unnecessary, unneeded

n. reserve, stock, supply; military force that is not on active duty but can be mobilized as needed; restraint, reticence, formality of behavior

n. reserve; stock, supply, store; reservation, shyness; preserve, provision; stockroom, storeroom

adj. reserved, booked; secretive, retiring, uncommunicative; shy, modest, undemonstrative

v. reserve, have in store, book; save, store; set aside