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to conserve
01
to keep something from change or harm
Transitive: to conserve sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
conserve
3rd person singular
conserves
Present participle
conserving
Past simple
conserved
Past participle
conserved
Examples
Conservationists work to conserve natural habitats and protect endangered species.
02
to maintain a certain quantity or condition at a constant level during a process of change
Transitive: to conserve a quantity
Examples
The law of conservation of mass states that mass is conserved during a chemical reaction.
03
to preserve food, especially fruits, by cooking it with sugar
Transitive: to conserve fruits
Examples
She spent the afternoon in the kitchen, conserving peaches with sugar to make jam.
04
to protect or save a resource from being used wastefully or excessively
Transitive: to conserve a resource
Examples
The government launched an initiative to conserve water during the drought.
Conserve
01
fruit that has been cooked with sugar to preserve it and often used as a spread or accompaniment
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
conserves
Examples
She prepared a batch of peach conserve for the winter.
Lexical Tree
conservancy
conservation
conservative
conserve
