Associations to the word «Reserved»

Wiktionary

RESERVED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of reserve
RESERVED, adjective. (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
RESERVED, adjective. (not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
RESERVED POWERS, noun. (US) Powers reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
RESERVED TRACK, noun. On a tramway, a section of track which is not laid in a street. The track can be on an alignment alongside the street or road, or follow the alignment of an old railway.
RESERVED TRACKS, noun. Plural of reserved track
RESERVED WORD, noun. (computing) A string of characters that is a verb, command or other part of a programming language and, therefore, cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function or procedure.
RESERVED WORDS, noun. Plural of reserved word

Dictionary definition

RESERVED, adjective. Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
RESERVED, adjective. Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats