| VERB | stative | conserve | keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change |
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| possession | conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | |
| possession | conserve, husband, economize, economise | use cautiously and frugally | |
| change | conserve | preserve with sugar | |
| NOUN | food | conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
| Sounds | kahnser'v | |
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| Rhymes | curve ... verve: 12 rhymes with erv... | |
| Meaning | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. | |
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| Synonyms | preserve, conserves, preserves | |
| Narrower | apple butter | Thick dark spicy puree of apples |
| chowchow | A Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger | |
| jam | preserve of crushed fruit | |
| jelly | A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit | |
| lemon curd, lemon cheese | A conserve with a thick consistency | |
| marmalade | A preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits | |
| Broader | confiture | preserved or candied fruit |
| Spanish | conserva, conservas | |
| Catalan | conserva, conserves | |
| Verbs | conserve | preserve with sugar |
| Meaning | Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Energy is conserved in this process" | |
| Broader | keep, maintain, hold | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
| Nouns | conservation | (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations |
| Meaning | Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | preserve, maintain, keep up | |
| Narrower | embalm | preserve a dead body |
| hold the line | hold the line on prices | |
| plastinate | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes | |
| Broader | keep | look after |
| Spanish | conservar, llevar, mantener, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
| Nouns | conservation | the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources |
| conservation | an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | |
| Meaning | Use cautiously and frugally. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" | |
| Synonyms | husband, economize, economise | |
| Narrower | retrench | tighten one's belt |
| Broader | save, preserve | To keep up and reserve for personal or special use |
| Opposite | waste, blow, squander | spend thoughtlessly |
| Spanish | conservar, economizar, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, economitzar, preservar | |
| Meaning | preserve with sugar. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting |
| Spanish | conservar, preservar | |
| Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
| Nouns | conserve | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar |
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