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1. (v.t.) conserve
to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of:
Conserve your strength.
2. conserve
to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save.
3. conserve
to hold (a physical or chemical property) constant during a process.
4. conserve
to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup.
5. (n.) conserve
a mixture of fruits cooked with sugar to a jamlike consistency.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L conservāre to save, preserve <con-con - +servāre to guard)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
2. (verb) conserve
keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
"Energy is conserved in this process"
3. (verb) conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
"We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
4. (verb) conserve, husband, economize, economise
use cautiously and frugally
"I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
5. (verb) conserve
preserve with sugar
"Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
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1. (verb) conserve
to avoid wasting
conserving energy/resources/fuel
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) conserve
anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection
2. (noun) conserve
a medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection
3. (noun) conserve
a conservatory
4. (verb) conserve
to keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect
5. (verb) conserve
to prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of
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Sense: to keep from changing, being damaged or lost
We must conserve the country's natural resources; This old building should be conserved.
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 Afrikaans: bewaar, behou in stand ho |
 Arabic: يُحافِظ عَلى |
 Bulgarian: запазвам |
 Brazilian: conservar |
 Czech: uchovat, zachovat, udržov |
 German: erhalten |
 Danish: bevare |
 Greek: διατηρώ, συντηρώ |
 Spanish: conservar, preservar, pro |
 Estonian: kaitsma, säilitama |
 Farsi: حفظ کردن؛ نگهداری کردن |
 Finnish: säilyttää |
 French: préserver |
 Hebrew: לְשָמֵר |
 Hindi: संरक्षित रखना |
 Croatian: očuvati, konzervirati |
 Hungarian: megőriz |
 Indonesian: melestarikan |
 Icelandic: varðveita |
 Italian: preservare, conservare |
 Japanese: 保存する |
 Korean: 보존하다 |
 Lithuanian: (iš)saugoti, išlaikyti |
 Latvian: saglabāt; konservēt |
 Malay: mengekalkan |
 Dutch: in stand houden? |
 Norwegian: bevare, ta vare på |
 Polish: chronić |
 Persian: حفظ کردن؛ نگهداری کردن |
 Pashto: ساتل |
 Portuguese: conservar |
 Romanian: a păstra; a conserva |
 Russian: сохранять |
 Slovak: zachovať |
 Slovenian: ohraniti |
 Serbian: očuvati |
 Swedish: bevara, spara på |
 Thai: ทำให้คงไว้ |
 Turkish: korumak |
 Taiwanese: 保存 |
 Ukrainian: зберігати; консервувати |
 Urdu: تحفظ كرنا، بچانا |
 Vietnamese: bảo tồn |
 Chinese: 保存 |
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