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# preserved

«preserved» in Mova's school dictionary: **Kept safe from harm or change** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of preserve: preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); adjective (preserved)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Kept safe from harm or change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#m1)

2) Food treated (with salt, sugar, vinegar, cold or drying) so it lasts a long time without going bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#m2)

3) Kept in its old state, like a building, a fossil or a mummy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#m3)

4) (adjective) Well kept, in good condition: well-preserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and history, fossils and bodies preserved in ice or amber tell us about the past; food is preserved by freezing, drying, salting and pickling. In everyday life, jam is preserved fruit. Parks and old buildings are preserved for the future. Phrases: well preserved, preserved in, preserved fruit.

### examples

- The mammoth was preserved in the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x1)
- Gran preserved the plums in jars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x2)
- The old castle has been preserved for visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x3)
- Salt preserved fish on long sea journeys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x4)
- The insect was preserved in amber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x5)
- This forest is preserved as a nature reserve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x6)
- The old car was beautifully preserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x7)
- Elephants are very strictly preserved by the Indian Government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/#x8)

### note

Noun: preservation; a preservative is a substance that keeps food fresh. Preserves (plural noun) can mean jam. Do not confuse with reserved (booked or shy).

### In the corpora

- ["Well-preserved" is a cheeky way to say someone is old but still looks good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/5/)
- [A fossil is the preserved remains or trace of a living thing from long ago, usually over 10,000 years old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/57-fossils/8/)
- [A fossil is the remains or trace of a living thing from long ago preserved in rock.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/61-rocks-minerals-fossils/14/)
- [Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.246/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preserved» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preserved/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.