RESERVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reserves mean? 

• RESERVES (noun)
  The noun RESERVES has 1 sense:

1. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

  Familiarity information: RESERVES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESERVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

militia; reserves

Hypernyms ("reserves" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Meronyms (parts of "reserves"):

territorial; territorial reserve (a territorial military unit)

Meronyms (members of "reserves"):

militiaman (a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reserves"):

SA; Storm Troops; Sturmabteilung (Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943)

trainband (a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century)

 Context examples 

I will have no reserves from you.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He called up his reserves of strength, and gained his feet.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It is my duty, and I am sure it is my wish, she continued, to have no reserves with you on this subject.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"One theory is that you have more energy reserves to combat the illness. You're able to weather the storm better," he said.

(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Oregon State University scientists led an international study that provides a road map as conservation managers consider the effects of forest edges on wildlife in setting up reserves.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)

Surprisingly, the loss of woodlands tended to be greater in protected forest reserves than in the more populated Chobe District.

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)

But huge subterranean water reserves lie under the Kalahari, which covers parts of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)

Martin had the feeling that he never spoke his full mind, just as he had often had the feeling that the trades never blew their strongest but always held reserves of strength that were never used.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Daporinad binds to and inhibits nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NMPRTase), inhibiting the biosynthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) from niacinamide (vitamin B3), which may deplete energy reserves in metabolically active tumor cells and induce tumor cell apoptosis.

(Daporinad, NCI Thesaurus)

"How do we design wildlife reserves? Do we make many small ones, or fewer big ones, or do we make corridors?"

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)