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conserve

[v. kuhn-surv; n. kon-surv, kuhn-surv] Example Sentences Origin

con·serve

[v. kuhn-surv; n. kon-surv, kuhn-surv] verb, -served, -serv·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
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.
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
5.
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

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

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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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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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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