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conservatoire |
conservator |
conservator-ward relation |
conservatory |
conservatrix |
conserve
| conserved
| conserver
| conserves
| conserving
| consider
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conserve
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun conserve has 1 sense
- conserve(n = noun.food) conserves, preserve, preserves - fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; Array is a kind of confiture
has particulars: apple butter, chowchow, jam, lemon cheese, lemon curd, jelly, marmalade
Derived form verb conserve4
Verb conserve has 4 senses
- conserve(v = verb.stative) Array - keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process" is one way to hold, keep, maintain
- conserve(v = verb.possession) keep up, maintain, preserve - 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" is one way to keep
- conserve(v = verb.possession) economise, economize, husband - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" is one way to preserve, save
- conserve(v = verb.change) Array - preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" is one way to keep, preserve
Derived form noun conservation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun conservation2, noun conservation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym: waste
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun conserve1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
conserve, v. t. [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.].
- To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect. [1913 Webster]"The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor." [1913 Webster]
- To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of. [1913 Webster]
conserve, n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.].
- Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. [1913 Webster]"I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman." [1913 Webster]
- A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection. [1913 Webster]
- A conservatory. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
conserve, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 store up; keep from harm or damage, esp. for later use.
2 Physics maintain a quantity of (heat etc.).
3 preserve (food, esp. fruit), usu. with sugar.
--n. also 1 fruit etc. preserved in sugar.
2 fresh fruit jam.
--v.tr.
1 store up; keep from harm or damage, esp. for later use.
2 Physics maintain a quantity of (heat etc.).
3 preserve (food, esp. fruit), usu. with sugar.
--n. also 1 fruit etc. preserved in sugar.
2 fresh fruit jam.
Etymology
ME f. OF conserver f. L conservare (as com-, servare keep)
THESAURUS
conserve
Jell-O, attend to, baby-sit, blancmange, candy, care for, chaperon, cherish, comfit, compote, confection, confectionery, confiture, copyright, foster, frosting, gelatin, glaze, guard, hold back, hold on to, honey, husband, icing, jam, jelly, keep, keep alive, keep back, keep by one, keep in reserve, keep in store, keep intact, keep inviolate, keep on hand, keep safe, keep up, keep watch over, lay by, look after, look out for, look to, maintain, marmalade, matronize, meringue, mind, minister to, mother, mousse, not destroy, not endanger, not expend, not use up, not waste, nurse, nurture, patent, preserve, protect, protege, provide for, put apart, put aside, put by, register, reserve, retain, ride herd on, save, save up, see after, see to, set apart, set aside, set by, shepherd, spare, support, sustain, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, take care of, take charge of, tend, tutti-frutti, uphold, watch, watch out for, watch over, whipped cream, withholdROGET THESAURUS
conserve
Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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