Conserve

[kən'sɜːv] or [kən'sɝv]

Definition

(noun.) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

(verb.) preserve with sugar; 'Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard'.

(verb.) use cautiously and frugally; 'I try to economize my spare time'; 'conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; 'Energy is conserved in this process'.

Checker: Sigmund--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

(v. t.) To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

(n.) Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

(n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

(n.) A conservatory.

Inputed by Fidel

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Preserve, save.

n. Preserve, JAM, confection, comfit, sweetmeat.

Checker: Max