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Preserved

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Adjective

1. preserved

prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

2. preserved

kept intact or in a particular condition

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Preserved

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
2. 
to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain
to preserve old buildings
3. 
to maintain possession of; keep up
to preserve a façade of indifference
4. 
to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
5. 
to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
6. 
to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
7. 
to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
8. (intransitive)
to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves
noun
9. 
something that preserves or is preserved
10. 
a special area or domain
archaeology is the preserve of specialists
11. (usually plural)
fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
12. 
an area where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

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Preserved

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verb transitiveWord forms: preˈserved or preˈserving
1. 
to keep from harm, damage, danger, evil, etc.; protect; save
2. 
to keep from spoiling or rotting
3. 
to prepare (food), as by canning, pickling, salting, etc., for future use
4. 
to keep up; carry on; maintain
5. 
to maintain and protect (game, fish, etc.) in an area, esp. for regulated hunting or fishing
verb intransitive
6. 
to preserve fruit, etc.
7. 
to maintain a game preserve
noun
8.  [usually pl.]
fruit preserved whole or in large pieces by cooking with sugar
see also jam2
9. 
a place where game, fish, etc. are preserved
10. 
any place or activity treated as the special domain of some person or group
11. 
something that preserves or is preserved

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Preserved

see synonyms of preserved
v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves
v.tr.
1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.
2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.
3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.
4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.
5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.
6.
a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
v.intr.
1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.
2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
n.
1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.
2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.
3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.
4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

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