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conserve

[v. kuhn-surv; n. kon-surv, kuhn-surv]

verb (used with object)

to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race.

to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save: Conserve the woodlands.

Physics, Chemistry. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process: the interaction conserved linear momentum.

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

noun

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

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Conserve is always a great word to know.

So is fission. Does it mean:

the analogous motion of the particles of a mass of air or the like, whose state of equilibrium has been disturbed, as in transmitting sound

the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy

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Origin:
1325–75; (v.) Middle English < Latin conservāre to save, preserve, equivalent to con- con- + servāre to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servīre to serve); (noun) Middle English < Middle French conserve, noun derivative of conserver < Latin, as above

Related forms

con·serv·er, noun

non·con·serv·ing, adjective, noun

self-con·serv·ing, adjective

un·con·served, adjective

un·con·serv·ing, adjective

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well-con·served, adjective

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Synonyms
2. husband, safeguard.

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Example Sentences

There is one problem, though, with helping plants conserve water.

Campuses are closed and people are asked to conserve power.

Japanese people have shown they can conserve energy when they have to, but they cannot be expected to work night shifts for ever.

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There is one problem, though, with helping plants conserve water.

Campuses are closed and people are asked to conserve power.

Japanese people have shown they can conserve energy when they have to, but they cannot be expected to work night shifts for ever.

Every effort you make to conserve energy adds up to saving money while protecting the environment.

We need to understand the different forest life cycles and work to conserve all forestland.

But pollution, overfishing and development are harming efforts to conserve habitat and wildlife.

To conserve scarce supplies, water managers will probably have to implement restrictions again.

The point is not to save fuel but to conserve rubber, a desperately needed commodity in short supply.

Now the surge in the cost of oil is forcing companies to conserve.

Most people try to conserve energy/resources when they get older.

Income is needed to raise standards of living and create incentives for local people to conserve the fragile natural environment.

One of the best ways to conserve water is to buy recycled goods, and to recycle your stuff when you're done with it.

But whether genetic data can really help to conserve orangutan populations in the wild remains unclear.

To me, more important than building green is that people build so that they conserve energy and get energy from a green source.

Black plastic sheeting used as a mulch helps to warm the soil, conserve moisture, and suppress weeds.

The road isn't the only place plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can conserve fuel.

Experts offer advice on how to plug drafts to conserve heat and lower bills.

They also hope to provide resources to conserve thousands of varieties that have yet to make it to safe havens.

Learn what you can do to conserve resources and protect the planet.

Recognition of the ecological significance of truffles is aiding efforts to conserve threatened species that depend on them.

Applying a mulch such as ground bark or compost will help conserve moisture and keep the soil cool.

To conserve bandwidth, only the portion of the image containing the telltale and the mirror were downloaded in every frame.

Green stuff is recognisable and feeds our drive to conserve.

Installing low-flow water faucets is one way to conserve water.

To conserve moisture and discourage weeds, apply a mulch around and between shrubs.

The satellite payload, which consists of the communications equipment, was turned off to conserve energy.

The commission's remit is to conserve whale stocks at levels where they can be hunted sustainably.

In desert regions, different types of rocks replace a majority of turf in the landscape as a way to conserve water.

Then, because she wants to conserve as much topsoil as possible, she separates the clumps and pulls out the roots by hand.

Using a queue you can set your client to seed torrents until you reach a certain ratio and then stop to conserve bandwidth.

There is also concern that environmental markets will conserve nature for the rich, at the expense of the poor.

Long glides to the surface probably help emperor penguins conserve energy during their deepest dives.

Mulch to deter weeds, conserve moisture, and keep berries clean.

The trick would be to conserve power, not squander it.

Companies have switched abruptly from managing for profit to a frantic search for ways to conserve cash.

Do your part to conserve trees and ask your parents to buy recycled or mechanical pencils.

The fact that they're making an effort at all to conserve water is a good thing.

He also said that he had scrapped the group's dividend to try to conserve capital.

It is developing plans to conserve every important crop on the planet.

To conserve energy, the bear's internal temperature drops a few degrees.

Battery-saver mode takes satellite reads less frequently to conserve juice.

In addition, countries are allowed to impose trade restrictions if they are deemed necessary to conserve natural resources.

Plan your vegetable garden according to your local climate to conserve water.

If governments do this, firms will have an incentive to invest, and consumers to conserve.

Help lower your global water footprint and conserve water.

But the government has hitherto done nothing to encourage them to conserve water or energy.

The plant's white hairs, by reflecting heat and reducing air movement across the leaf's surface, conserve water.

Banks will seek to conserve capital, not find ways to run it down.

Discover how researchers hope to conserve forest elephants and their habitat by learning more about their vocalizations.

Over half of all green-heart dairy farmers, via local co-operatives, are paid to conserve the environment.

Soybean and cotton growers in this region struggle to conserve easily eroded soils.

In a world whose demand for protein grows daily, the need to conserve stocks is plain.

When animals hibernate they're able to conserve the energy stored in their fat during periods when food is scarce.

Casey called today for renewed efforts to conserve water in suburban areas in the aftermath of the huge oil.

Second, they must not undermine incentives to conserve endangered species in the wild.

One is to conserve energy by taking advantage of the upwash vortex fields created by the wings of the birds in front.

The cables resist stretching to retain lateral stiffness and conserve forward momentum.

Learn what you can do to conserve resources and help the environment.

Ambient light sensor adjusts display brightness to conserve battery.

Burroughs is a painter to conserve the public gayety of heart.

They conserve energy by insulating the building below, which reduces the urban heat.

Better irrigation and seed varieties can conserve water and reduce other ecological pressures.

Efforts to conserve and save species for the future are undermined by greed.

Add a layer of mulch to insulate roots and conserve water, but don't let it touch stems or trunk.

Leon goes into a soliloquy about how to conserve ammo by going for head shots on zombies.

The struggling chain also said it had sold its corporate airplane to conserve cash.

What is evident is that the body can moderate metabolism to conserve energy and that individual survival varies markedly.

European nations started preparing emergency plans this week to conserve water and provide millions of euros in aid to farmers.

Third, they must not undermine incentives to conserve endangered species in the wild.

We can help by teaching them how to conserve thir land, use efficient stoves, and reclaim the desert.

Regenerative braking helps conserve juice by charging the battery as you slow down.

Except for one withdrawal, all the holdings were struck down to ihe plaintiffs, who acted to conserve their liens.

Researchers think that sleep arose to allow organisms to conserve and restore their energy.

Apart from being gruesomely gratifying, dismembering enemies helps you conserve ammo.

For some, it meant turning the thermostat down and posting notices to employees to conserve.

Lufthansa is desperately trying to conserve cash and cut capacity to match plunging demand.

They will stop at nothing to conserve their influence and power over society.

The president urging everyone to curtail driving and conserve energy at home.

Firms may well have cut their spending too much in the rush to conserve cash during the darkest period of the crisis.

So click below for activities that help us learn about fresh water and ways to conserve this precious resource.

Another problem is that even as people conserve and change habits, they still get socked.

Most lightweight runners tend to have mesh uppers to conserve weight.

The international body set up to conserve these fish has utterly failed to do its job.

It will then descend slowly under low power throughout the night to conserve energy.

Due to reasonable price tag, people can conserve a lot of money for any her1207 became a.

Many realize that population growth undermines our efforts to conserve resources.

There's neither progress nor conservatism, because there's nothing left to conserve and no direction in which to progress.

Yet water managers and policymakers failed to move quickly enough to conserve water and improve water efficiency.

European policymakers would be hellbent to conserve the single market rather than immolate it in the bonfire of the euros.

Block says that information from the study could aid efforts to protect and conserve the biodiversity of the hotspots.

Metering is being introduced to force residents to conserve because sewage treatment plants are reaching their limits.

Learn about the important research being carried out to conserve and protect island habitats around the world.

And phenomena taking place inside the galaxy generally conserve energy.

The residents can then conserve water and keep the charges down.

They huddle together to escape wind and conserve warmth.

Think of these reserves as our last strategic petroleum reserve and conserve them.

Diabetes insipidus is a condition in which the kidneys are unable to conserve water.

Advocates of recycling would say this is short-sighted and wrong, because it ignores the need to conserve natural resources.

The haybox cooking is an age-old method used to conserve labor and fuel.

How could the building conserve on water use, he asked.

When stressed, a plant shuts down growth in order to conserve what it has.

It was a vodka martini with lemon conserve in it instead of vermouth.

The main purpose here is to conserve soil moisture and reduce wind erosion.

When you're out shooting rabbits, it's a mistake to conserve ammunition by catching the bullets on the way out.

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World English Dictionary

conserve

—vb
1.	to keep or protect from harm, decay, loss, etc
2.	to preserve (a foodstuff, esp fruit) with sugar

—n
3.	a preparation of fruit in sugar, similar to jam but usually containing whole pieces of fruit

[(vb) C14: from Latin conservāre to keep safe, from servāre to save, protect; (n) C14: from Medieval Latin conserva, from Latin conservāre]

con'servable

—*adj*

con'server

—n

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Word Origin & History

conserve

late 14c., from O.Fr. conserver, from L. conservare "to keep, preserve," from com- intens. prefix + servare "keep watch, maintain" (see observe).

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"A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything."

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