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1. Prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
    
2. Kept intact or in a particular condition

1. Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
   "preserve the peace in the family";
   - continue, uphold, carry on, bear on
    
2. Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
   "We preserve these archeological findings";
   - conserve, maintain, keep up
    
3. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use
   "She preserved the old family photographs in a drawer";
   - save
    
4. Prevent (food) from rotting
   "preserved meats";
   - keep
    
5. Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
   "May God preserve you";
   - keep
    
6. Keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing
   "preserve the forest and the lakes"

See also: aged, brine-cured, candied, canned, conserved, corned, crystalised [Brit], crystalized, crystallized, cured, dehydrated, desiccated, dried, flash-frozen, freeze-dried, frozen, glacé, kept up, lyophilised [Brit], lyophilized, maintained, pickled, potted, preservable, protected, quick-frozen, retained, salt-cured, salted, saved, smoke-cured, smoked, smoke-dried, sundried, sun-dried, tinned, well-kept

Type of: cook, fix [informal], hold, hold on, keep, maintain, make, prepare, protect, ready

Antonym: destroyed, fresh, lay off

Encyclopedia: Preserved