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preserved

[pri-zurv]

verb (used with object)

to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.

to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.

to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments.

to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure.

to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.

EXPAND

to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.

to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.

COLLAPSE

verb (used without object)

to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.

to maintain a preserve for game or fish, especially for sport.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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noun

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.

Origin:
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

Related forms

pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

pre·serv·a·bil·i·ty, noun

pres·er·va·tion

[prez-er-vey-shuhn] , noun

pre·serv·er, noun

non·pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

EXPAND

non·pres·er·va·tion, noun

sem·i·pre·served, adjective

un·pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

un·pre·served, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. conserve. 2. safeguard, shelter, shield. See defend. 3. continue, uphold, sustain.

Antonyms
1. destroy.

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Slang Dictionary

preserved definition

mod.
alcohol intoxicated. (See also pickled.) : He drank a quart of vodka and is totally preserved.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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