About The Word Conserve
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Conserve
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What's The Definition Of Conserve?
[n] fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
[v] preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" [v] use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [v] 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" [v] keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process" Synonyms | Synonyms for Conserve: conserves | economise | economize | husband | keep up | maintain | preserve | preserves Related Terms | Find terms related to Conserve: attend to | baby-sit | blancmange | candy | care for | chaperon | cherish | comfit | compote | confection | confectionery | confiture | copyright | foster | frosting | gelatin | glaze | guard | hold back | hold on to | honey | husband | icing | jam | Jell-O | jelly | keep | keep alive | keep back | keep by one | keep in reserve | keep in store | keep intact | keep inviolate | keep on hand | keep safe | keep up | keep watch over | lay by | look after | look out for | look to | maintain | marmalade | matronize | meringue | mind | minister to | mother | mousse | not destroy | not endanger | not expend | not use up | not waste | nurse | nurture | patent | preserve | protect | protege | provide for | put apart | put aside | put by | register | reserve | retain | ride herd on | save | save up | see after | see to | set apart | set aside | set by | shepherd | spare | support | sustain | sweet | sweet stuff | sweetmeat | sweets | take care of | take charge of | tend | tutti-frutti | uphold | watch | watch out for | watch over | whipped cream | withhold See Also | apple butter | chowchow | confiture | hold | hold the line | jam | jelly | keep | keep | keep | lemon cheese | lemon curd | maintain | marmalade | preserve | preserve | retrench | save Conserve In Webster's Dictionary \Con*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conserved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Conserving}.] [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- +
servare to keep, guard. See {Serve}.]
1. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to
protect.
The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and
maintain with the emperor. --Strype.
2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
\Con"serve\, n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.] 1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. --Tatler. 2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See {Confection}. 3. A conservatory. [Obs.] --Evelyn. |
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