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Meaning of 'conserve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Conserve [ n.]
- Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
- A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
- A conservatory.
2 . Conserve [ v. t.]
- To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
- To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Meaning of 'conserve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . conserve [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
Example in sentence:
  • children must be taught to conserve our national heritage;
  • The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts;
  • The old lady could not keep up the building;
  • We preserve these archeological findings
Meaning (2):
- use cautiously and frugally
Example in sentence:
  • conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit;
  • I try to economize my spare time
Meaning (3):
- keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
Example in sentence:
  • Energy is conserved in this process
Meaning (4):
- preserve with sugar
Example in sentence:
  • Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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