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Conserve Common

Conserve has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

"After baking fresh peaches and covering them in a thick layer of sugar, she decided to conserve them for winter jams."

2

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

"The park authorities designated the remote valley as a conserve to ensure no roads or buildings would ever be built there."

Verb
1

keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change

"Energy is conserved in this process"

2

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"

3

use cautiously and frugally

"I try to economize my spare time"

"conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"

4

preserve with sugar

"Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"

5

To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

"The chef added salt and vinegar to the pickles to conserve them for the winter months."

Example Sentences
"Energy is conserved in this process" verb
"We preserve these archeological findings" verb
"The old lady could not keep up the building" verb
"children must be taught to conserve our national heritage" verb
"The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" verb
"I try to economize my spare time" verb
"conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" verb
"Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
blow
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
confiture keep save preserve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
apple butter chowchow jam lemon curd jelly marmalade embalm plastinate hold the line retrench
Rhyming Words
verve terve curve lurve perve serve nerve merve kerve herve varve tarve larve harve carve surve swarve slurve sparve clerve
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