(transitive) To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.

The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick. / The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.

simple past tense and past participle of reserve

(comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions. / (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.

A city in Kansas. / A census-designated place in Louisiana. / A census-designated place in Montana. / A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico. / A census-designated place in Wisconsin.

(US, economics) Federal Reserve System. / (US, economics) Federal Reserve Board. / The Federal Reserve building.

The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.

plural of reserve

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reserve

(US) Powers reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.