[
US
/kənˈsɝv/
]
VERB
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keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
The old lady could not keep up the building
We preserve these archeological findings
The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
children must be taught to conserve our national heritage -
use cautiously and frugally
I try to economize my spare time
conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit -
preserve with sugar
Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard -
keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
Energy is conserved in this process
NOUN
- fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
How To Use conserve In A Sentence
- She won a hamper including organic porridge, Cornish strawberry conserve and Gloucester Old Spot Bacon.
- These starters can be ordered from different laboratories in lyophilized form in small bags or bottles and can be conserved in the refrigerator for about three months. 1. Cheese formulae
- The spicy fruit conserve known as mostarda (most emphatically not mustard) is eaten with meat and game.
- Many birds and some antelopes, notably the dik-dik and the saiga, sport noses that give them an exceptional ability to regulate brain temperature and conserve water.
- They often use primitive weapons rocks, blunt objects and machetes to conserve their limited munitions and inflect maximum brutality. Jedidiah Jenkins: Obama Made the Right Decision in Africa, Here's Why...
- He proposed that work was generated by the passage of caloric from a warmer to a cooler body, with caloric being conserved in the process. Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi
- The palmtop edition will offer enhanced modem dialling and screen handling and will be streamlined to conserve memory.
- One idea is for a cutely named five-frog tax system, which would actually deliver rebates to those who conserved the environment, and taxed those who didn't.
- First, it is a highly conserved component of eukaryotic mRNA decay machinery.
- To conserve water and energy, wait until you have a full load before running your dishwasher or washing machine.