- n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar (view details)
- v. preserve with sugar (view details)
- v. use cautiously and frugally (view details)
- v. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction (view details)
- v. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change (view details)
Meaning 1: (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
Synonym(s): conserves ( what does conserves stand for? ), preserve ( what does preserve stand for? ), preserves ( what does preserves stand for? )
conserve is derived from: conserve ( what does conserve stand for? ), keep ( what does keep stand for? ), preserve
Meaning 2: (verb) preserve with sugar
Usage Example(s): Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard
conserve is derived from: conserve, conserves, preserve, preserves
Meaning 3: (verb) use cautiously and frugally
Usage Example(s): I try to economize my spare time, conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
Synonym(s): economise ( what does economise stand for? ), economize ( what does economize stand for? ), husband ( what does husband stand for? )
Opposite(s): blow ( what does blow stand for? ), squander ( what does squander stand for? ), waste ( what does waste stand for? )
conserve is derived from: economiser ( what does economiser stand for? ), economizer ( what does economizer stand for? ), economy ( what does economy stand for? ), saving ( what does saving stand for? ), thriftiness ( what does thriftiness stand for? )
Meaning 4: (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
Usage Example(s): The museum curator conserved the an, The old lady could not keep up the building, We preserve these archeological findings, children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
Synonym(s): keep up ( what does keep up stand for? ), maintain ( what does maintain stand for? ), preserve
conserve is derived from: care ( what does care stand for? ), conservation ( what does conservation stand for? ), maintenance ( what does maintenance stand for? ), preservation ( what does preservation stand for? ), saving, upkeep ( what does upkeep stand for? )
Meaning 5: (verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
Usage Example(s): Energy is conserved in this process
conserve is derived from: conservation
Anagram1 for conserve: converse (What does converse stand for?)
1An anagram is a word that results from the rearrangement of letters of another word. For example, an anagram of Mary is Army. Anagrams are fun!
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