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Noun conserve has 1 sense
- conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
--1 is a kind of confiture; confiture; confiture; confiture
--1 has particulars: | | apple butter; chowchow; jam; lemon curd, lemon cheese; jelly; marmalade; 1 sense of conserve ; conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves; apple butter; chowchow; jam; lemon curd, lemon cheese; jelly; marmalade; conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves; apple butter; chowchow; jam; lemon curd, lemon cheese; jelly; marmalade; 1 sense of conserve ; conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves; apple butter; chowchow; jam; lemon curd, lemon cheese; jelly; marmalade |
Verb conserve has 4 senses
- conserve - keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"
--1 is one way to keep, maintain, hold
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Something ----s something
- conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up - 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"
--2 is one way to keep
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- conserve, husband, economize, economise - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
--3 is one way to save, preserve
Antonyms: waste, blow, squander
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- conserve - preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
--4 is one way to preserve, keep
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