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conserve

/ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/noun, verb2 syllables

Conserve means: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

Synonyms for conserve8

noun, as in fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

verb, as in keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

preserve, maintain, keep up

verb, as in use cautiously and frugally

husband, economize, economise

Opposites of conserve

What does conserve mean?5

noun

1

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

verb

1

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction“We preserve these archeological findings”

2

use cautiously and frugally“I try to economize my spare time”

3

keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change“Energy is conserved in this process”

4

preserve with sugar“Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with conserve?7

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Conserve in a sentence

  • This boss has three stages, so conserve your health.sabretou
  • During the dry season, the giraffe cow needs to conserve its milk and energy.Amastan
  • It's important to conserve energy, so switch off the lights.Amastan
  • We need to conserve energy, so lights off, please.Amastan
  • Remember, we should conserve energy, so please turn off the lights when you're finished.Amastan
  • We must try to conserve our natural resources.CK
  • We must aspire to conserve our natural resources.AlanF_US
  • Ziri peed into the ocean to conserve the water on the boat.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of conserve

as a noun

plural
conserves

as a verb

past tense
conserved
present participle
conserving
third-person singular
conserves
past participle
conserved