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conserve
[ verb kuhn-surv; noun kon-surv, kuhn-surv ]
verb (used with object)
- to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of:
Conserve your strength for the race.
- to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save:
Conserve the woodlands.
- Physics, Chemistry. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process:
the interaction conserved linear momentum.
- to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup.
noun
- Often conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
conserve
verb
- to keep or protect from harm, decay, loss, etc
- to preserve (a foodstuff, esp fruit) with sugar
noun
- a preparation of fruit in sugar, similar to jam but usually containing whole pieces of fruit
Derived Forms
- conˈserver, noun
- conˈservable, adjective
Other Words From
- con·server noun
- noncon·serving adjective noun
- self-con·serving adjective
- uncon·served adjective
- uncon·serving adjective
- well-con·served adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of conserve1
Example Sentences
This study sheds light on evolution in two ways: we can see how biochemical pathways common to two entirely separate kingdoms of life, plants and animals, have been largely conserved through our long history apart.
This would typically give the Park Service the opportunity to analyze the environmental effects of the proposed work and add terms and conditions to conserve park resources.
“I think there was this perception of him at this age, like conserving energy. No,” said Redick.
He says it is predicted to conserve nearly 4m litres of water per year.
The Right today is dominated by people like Vought who are convinced there is nothing left to conserve – that our moment requires not “conservatism,” but a radical “counter-revolution.”
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