conserve

(kən-sûrv')

v., -served, -serv·ing, -serves.

v.tr.

1. 1. To protect from loss or harm; preserve: calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.
   2. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste: kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.
2. To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
3. To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

v.intr.
To economize: tried to conserve on fuel during the long winter.

n. (kŏn'sûrv')
A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

[Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin cōnservāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + servāre, to preserve.]

conservable con·serv'a·ble adj.
conserver con·serv'er n.

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[kuhn-SERV; KON-surv] A mixture of fruits, nuts and sugar, cooked together until thick, often used to spread on biscuits, crumpets and so on. See also jam; jelly; preserve.

verb

1. To protect (an asset) from loss or destruction: husband, preserve, save. See keep/release.
2. To use without wasting: economize, save, spare. See save/waste.
3. To prepare (food) for storage and future use: can, preserve, put up. See keep/release.

v

Definition: save, protect
Antonyms: destroy, neglect, spend, squander, use, waste

IN BRIEF: To keep from being wasted.

The city asked the community to conserve water.

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describing a tendency to invariance in corresponding residues or sequences of residues of encoded macromolecules (e.g. proteins) obtained from specimens of genetically different sources. Macromolecules showing a high degree of invariance of their primary structure are said to be highly conserved; ones exhibiting considerable variation are described as poorly conserved. See also conservation, homologous.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gemme, bevare, spare på, konservere
v. intr. - spare, økonomisere
n. - henkogt frugt, syltetøj

Nederlands (Dutch)
behouden, konfijten, jam, confituren

Français (French)
v. tr. - conserver, protéger, (Fin) économiser, garder (humidité), ménager (force, énergie)
v. intr. - économiser
n. - confiture

Deutsch (German)
v. - konservieren, erhalten
n. - Eingemachte(s), Konfekt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προστατεύω, προφυλάσσω, διατηρώ, διαφυλάσσω, συντηρώ, εξοικονομώ, δεν σπαταλώ

Italiano (Italian)
conservare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - conservar, fazer conserva (Culin.)
n. - conserva (f) (Culin.), frutas (f pl) cristalizadas (Culin.)

Русский (Russian)
хранить, консервировать, засахаривать, консервированные

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - conservar, guardar, mantener, confitar
v. intr. - conservarse, guardarse, mantenerse
n. - conserva, confite

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bevara, vidmakthålla, förvara, spara på, koka in frukt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
保存, 保藏, 被保存, 蜜饯, 果酱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 保存, 保藏
v. intr. - 被保存
n. - 蜜餞, 果醬

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 보존하다, 잼으로 만들다
v. intr. - 보존되다, 잼을 만들다
n. - 설탕절임, 잼

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 保存する, 砂糖漬けにする
n. - 砂糖漬け

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حفظ, صان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שימר, אחסן, מנע ריקבון‬
v. intr. - ‮ניהל בחיסכון, חסך‬
n. - ‮שימורים, ריבת פירות טריה‬

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