Preserved - English meaning

noun

A glass or plastic container with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids.

Usage examples:

He opened the bottle of beer

verb

Place (drinks or other liquid) in bottles.

Usage examples:

The wine was bottled in 1997

noun

A vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids

noun

A cylindrical metal container.

Usage examples:

A petrol can

verb

Preserve (food) in a can.

Usage examples:

Sardines and anchovies are worth the extra money if canned in olive oil

abbreviation

Canada or canadian.

noun

Sweets; confectionery.

Usage examples:

People sat eating popcorn and candy

verb

Preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup.

Usage examples:

I candied the walnuts with maple syrup

noun

A small piece of sweet food made from sugar with chocolate, fruit, nuts, or flavors added

Usage examples:

[ u ] we dove into the box of chocolate candy as if we were starving.

phrasal verb

Be fond of; be attached to

phrasal verb

To provide for a person or animal’s needs and to protect that person or animal

Usage examples:

Bob and his sister take turns caring for their elderly mother., i don’t care for seafood.

noun

An unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one's surroundings, or the body.

Usage examples:

There was a chill in the air

verb

Make (someone) cold.

Usage examples:

They were chilled by a sudden wind

adjective

Chilly.

Usage examples:

The chill grey dawn

verb

Protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.

Usage examples:

The funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands

noun

A preparation made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

Pork tenderloin with onion and raisin conserve

verb

Keep in safety and protect from harm, loss, or destruction

noun

The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in england) wheat or (in scotland) oats.

Usage examples:

Fields of corn

noun

A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.

Usage examples:

An ingrown nail on one foot and a corn on the other were now troubling me

noun

A tall plant grown for its whole yellow or white seeds which are eaten cooked, made into flour, or fed to animals

Usage examples:

Let’s pick up a half dozen ears of corn for supper.

verb

Relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.

Usage examples:

He was cured of the disease

noun

A substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition.

Usage examples:

The search for a cure for the common cold

noun

A parish priest in a french-speaking country.

Usage examples:

The curé, after all, was an important figure in every village

verb

Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water.

Usage examples:

The heat dehydrated us even when we stood still

verb

To lose water, or to cause something to lose water

Usage examples:

[ t ] the vegetables were dehydrated and frozen., in hot, dry weather you need to drink lots of wat…

verb

Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

Usage examples:

Both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

Usage examples:

The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

verb

Preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative.

Usage examples:

His body was embalmed and buried in westminster abbey

verb

To use chemicals to prevent a dead body from decaying

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

noun

An act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.

Usage examples:

Workers faced a pay freeze

verb

To become cold enough to become solid

Usage examples:

[ i ] the rainwater froze overnight, leaving the roads icy., [ i ] freeze! keep your hands up!, [ t…

verb

To preserve something, esp. food, by freezing and then drying it

Usage examples:

Freeze-dried instant coffee

noun

A fruit-flavoured dessert made by warming and then cooling a liquid containing gelatin or a similar setting agent in a mould or dish so that it sets into a semi-solid, somewhat elastic mass.

Usage examples:

A bowl of jelly and custard

verb

Set (food) as or in a jelly.

Usage examples:

The eels are stewed and jellied

adjective

Jealous.

Usage examples:

I'm so jelly that you were at the show

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Food, clothes, and other essentials for living.

Usage examples:

The society are paying for your keep

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

noun

A kippered fish, especially a herring.

Usage examples:

Smoked fish is now eaten all year round - but juicy kippers, smoked finnan haddock or delicious arb…

verb

Cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke.

Usage examples:

On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand, and the catch is kippered by traditional methods

noun

An aboriginal youth who has been initiated into manhood.

Usage examples:

Keperra is believed to be an aboriginal name. some sources say that it is derived from the word ‘ki…

collocation

Keep under careful scrutiny

phrasal verb

Take care of someone or something.

Usage examples:

Meg is expected to come straight home from school and look after her younger sister

phrasal verb

To care for or be in charge of someone or something

Usage examples:

He looks after his son during the day., annie can look after herself.

verb

Cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue.

Usage examples:

The need to maintain close links between industry and schools

verb

Keep in a certain state, position, or activity

verb

To continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less

Usage examples:

Despite living in different states, the two families have maintained a close friendship., you have …

verb

Soak (meat, fish, or other food) in a marinade.

Usage examples:

The beef was marinated in red wine vinegar

noun

Soak food in a seasoned or flavorful liquid before cooking

verb

To put fish, meat, or vegetables in a mixture of oil, vinegar or wine and spices before cooking, in order to flavor it or make it softer

verb

(especially in ancient egypt) preserve (a body) by embalming and wrapping it in cloth.

Usage examples:

Her remains were mummified over 2,000 years ago

verb

To preserve a dead body as a mummy

noun

A relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine.

Usage examples:

Cheese and pickle

verb

Preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine.

Usage examples:

Fish pickled in brine

noun

A cucumber (= a green, tube-shaped vegetable) that has been preserved in a liquid containing salt and other spices or vinegar

Usage examples:

A sweet/dill pickle, pickled tomatoes/herring

noun

A rounded or cylindrical container, typically of metal, used for cooking.

Usage examples:

Pots and pans hung from a rack

verb

Plant in a flowerpot.

Usage examples:

Pot individual cuttings as soon as you see new young leaves

noun

Cannabis.

Usage examples:

We smoked pot at football games

verb

Keep safe from harm or injury.

Usage examples:

He tried to protect kelly from the attack

verb

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

verb

To keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss

Usage examples:

He says he was protecting his home and family., a citizens’ group worked to protect forest areas.

verb

To freeze food very quickly in order to preserve the taste and nutrients (= substances that plants and animals need in order to live and grow)

Usage examples:

All our vegetables are quick-frozen to lock in flavour and nutritional benefits., in 1924, he devel…

noun

A measure taken to protect someone or something or to prevent something undesirable.

Usage examples:

The charity called for tougher safeguards to protect britain's remaining natural forests

verb

Protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure.

Usage examples:

A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation

verb

To protect someone or something from harm or destruction

Usage examples:

Judges have an obligation to safeguard our right to free speech and a free press., the best safegua…

noun

A white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food.

Usage examples:

Add the braised chicken and season to taste with salt and pepper sauce.

adjective

Impregnated with, treated with, or tasting of salt.

Usage examples:

Salt water

verb

Season or preserve with salt.

Usage examples:

After stuffing the fish, i salted and peppered it

verb

Keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.

Usage examples:

They brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy

noun

(in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring.

Usage examples:

The keeper made a great save

preposition

Other than; except for.

Usage examples:

No one needed to know save herself

noun

A visible suspension of carbon or other particles in air, typically one emitted from a burning substance.

Usage examples:

Bonfire smoke

verb

Emit smoke or visible vapour.

Usage examples:

Heat the oil until it just smokes

adjective

A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

verb

Soak in or drench with liquid.

Usage examples:

The chips were well soused with vinegar

noun

Liquid used for pickling.

Usage examples:

He liked to make salt-fish souse

noun

A silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 50.

Usage examples:

By the late 16th century acheh had reduced the power of johore and controlled much of sumatra and m…

verb

Cover with a thin layer of tin.

Usage examples:

The copper pans are tinned inside

noun

A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion