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| 1. | [ verb ] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | |
| Synonyms: | maintain save preserve keep_up | |
| Examples: | : "save something in case you hit trouble." |
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| Related terms: | keep keep record hold_the_line embalm plastinate care conservation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) preserve with sugar | |
| Examples: | "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" |
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| Related terms: | preserve cooking | |
| 3. | [ verb ] use cautiously and frugally | |
| Synonyms: | economize economise husband | |
| Examples: | "I try to economize my spare time" "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" |
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| Related terms: | waste save preserve save retrench economy economy economizer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change | |
| Examples: | "Energy is conserved in this process" |
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| Related terms: | keep conservation | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (food) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | |
| Synonyms: | conserves preserves preserve | |
| Related terms: | confiture jam jelly marmalade apple_butter lemon_cheese chowchow preserve | |
| Similar spelling: |
conserves conserved conserving conservator conservancy commiserate congeries concerted concerned conker conger conger_eel consort concert concern concertize concertise concernedly cownose_ray conquer concerto |
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