conserve
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.
Often conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.
Origin of conserve
1Other words for conserve
Other words from conserve
- con·serv·er, noun
- non·con·serv·ing, adjective, noun
- self-con·serv·ing, adjective
- un·con·served, adjective
- un·con·serv·ing, adjective
- well-con·served, adjective
Words Nearby conserve
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How to use conserve in a sentence
At Belmont, jockeys must not let their horse run too hard too early, and conserve some energy for the half-mile-long backstretch.
Why California Chrome’s Fairy Tale Didn’t End Happily Ever After | Michael Fensom | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am seeking to conserve nothing; I am looking ahead—and I am quite confident that I am not alone.
America Is Coming to Terms with Its Racial Past—Let’s Look Ahead Instead | John McWhorter | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt sent its last picture 13 years ago, just before shutting down its camera to conserve power.
Voyager Is Sending Us the Sounds of Interstellar Space | Josh Dzieza | September 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDistricts may also employ additional tactics to conserve resources.
The agreement is hardly more than a list of ways that local communities can better conserve natural resources.
It will not conserve Christianity, but may be purified by it, even if able to flourish without it.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordBarrington back into the present, to conserve his energies, to make him a man of action again.
The Light That Lures | Percy BrebnerBoil together a few times, and then pour the conserve into cases.
A Poetical Cook-Book | Maria J. MossYou have heard how women strive to conserve the lives of children, to make them strong mentally, morally and physically.
There is simply one way to conserve our natural resources, and that is to educate the farmer (applause).
British Dictionary definitions for conserve
to keep or protect from harm, decay, loss, etc
to preserve (a foodstuff, esp fruit) with sugar
a preparation of fruit in sugar, similar to jam but usually containing whole pieces of fruit
Origin of conserve
1Derived forms of conserve
- conservable, adjective
- conserver, noun
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