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Definitions for Preserved

[1] to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
[2] to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.
[3] to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments.
[4] to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure.
[5] to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.
[6] to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.
[7] to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.
[8] to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.
[9] to maintain a preserve for game or fish, especially for sport.
[10] something that preserves.
[11] that which is preserved.
[12] Usually preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.
[13] a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.
[14] to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
[15] to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain to preserve old buildings
[16] to maintain possession of; keep up to preserve a façade of indifference
[17] to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
[18] to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
[19] to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
[20] to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
[21] (intr) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves
[22] something that preserves or is preserved
[23] a special area or domain archaeology is the preserve of specialists
[24] (usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
[25] areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

Words related to Preserved

preserveperpetuate, protect, save, secure, uphold, defend, freeze, keep, sustain, retain, safeguard, conserve, store, refrigerate, shield, shelter, season, mummify, evaporate, process

Words nearby Preserved

preservepresently, presentment, presents, preservationist, preservative, preserve, preset, preset board, preshave, preshrink, preshrunk

Origin of Preserved

1325–75; Middle English preserven < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve, observe

Other words from Preserved

pre·serv·a·ble , adjective
pre·serv·a·bil·i·ty , noun
pres·er·va·tion [prez-er-vey -shuh n] /ˌprɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən/ , noun
pre·serv·er , noun
non·pre·serv·a·ble , adjective
non·pres·er·va·tion , noun
sem·i·pre·served , adjective
un·pre·serv·a·ble , adjective
un·pre·served , adjective

Word origin for Preserved

C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe

Synonyms for Preserved

conserve, defend, freeze, keep, perpetuate, protect, retain, safeguard, save, secure, store, sustain, uphold, bottle, can, cure, evaporate, guard, mothball, mummify, pickle, process, refrigerate, season, shelter, shield, keep up, put up