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conserve

[ verb kuhn-surv; noun kon-surv, kuhn-surv ]

verb (used with object)

conserved, conserving.
  1. to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of:

    Conserve your strength for the race.

  2. to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save:

    Conserve the woodlands.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. Physics, Chemistry. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process:

    the interaction conserved linear momentum.

  4. to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup.


noun

  1. Often conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins.

conserve

verb

  1. to keep or protect from harm, decay, loss, etc
  2. to preserve (a foodstuff, esp fruit) with sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a preparation of fruit in sugar, similar to jam but usually containing whole pieces of fruit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Dzˈ, noun
  • Dzˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·İ noun
  • ԴDzcDz·iԲ adjective noun
  • -Dz·iԲ adjective
  • ܲcDz· adjective
  • ܲcDz·iԲ adjective
  • ɱ-Dz· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conserve1

First recorded in 1325–75; (for the verb) Middle English, from Latin DzԲ “to save, preserve”; equivalent to con- + serve; (for the noun) Middle English, from Middle French conserve, noun derivative of conserver, from Latin, as above
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conserve1

(vb) C14: from Latin DzԲ to keep safe, from to save, protect; (n) C14: from Medieval Latin conserva, from Latin DzԲ
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Today, agency staff study the ocean and atmosphere, share knowledge, and conserve coastal and marine ecosystems.

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This time Messi spent most of the game walking around the field, conserving his energy and favoring a low-grade adductor injury in his left leg.

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Ocean conservationists say that efforts to conserve the bank’s seagrass are not moving fast enough to make a difference.

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Department of Agriculture that helps farmers, landowners and agricultural producers conserve soil, water and other natural resources — is facing closures in Oxnard, Woodland, Salinas and Blythe, the database shows.

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This study sheds light on evolution in two ways: we can see how biochemical pathways common to two entirely separate kingdoms of life, plants and animals, have been largely conserved through our long history apart.

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