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Reserving
- verb - 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"
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
- obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
Reservist
- noun - a member of a military reserve
Reservoir
- noun - a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"
- anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
- lake used to store water for community use
- tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)
Resorbing
- verb - undergo resorption
Resorting
- verb - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
Restrains
- verb - hold back
- keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
- place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
- to compel or deter by or as if by threats
Restraint
- noun - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
- a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"
- discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
- lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
- the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
- the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint"
Restricts
- verb - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
- place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
Restringe
- - To confine; to contract; to stringe.