vverb.possessionhold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingencyExamples:- they held back their applause in anticipation
Derivationally Related Form:reservationreserve
Hypernyms:keep back withhold
Inherited Hypernyms:reservewithholddenykeephave
Direct Hyponyms:devote
Full Troponyms:devote
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitiongive or assign a resource to a particular person or causeSynset:allow appropriate earmark reserve set aside
Examples:- I will earmark this money for your research
- She sets aside time for meditation every day
Derivationally Related Form:reserveallowanceappropriableearmark
Hypernyms:allot assign portion
Inherited Hypernyms:allowassigndistributegivetransfer
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.communicationobtain or arrange (for oneself) in advanceExamples:- We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's
Derivationally Related Form:reservation
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:reserverequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:book up
Full Troponyms:book up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something
vverb.socialarrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advanceSynset:book hold reserve
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:reservationbookablebooking
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:reserverequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:hold openkeepkeep opensave
Entailment:procure secure
Full Troponyms:keep open
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.allset aside for the use of a particular person or partyAntonyms:unreserved
Inherited Hypernyms:reserved
Similar to:bookable booked engaged set-aside
adjadj.allmarked by self-restraint and reticenceExamples:- was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
Antonyms:unreserved
Inherited Hypernyms:reserved
Similar to:aloof distant upstage diffident indrawn withdrawn
See also:backward inhibited restrained undemonstrative