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Verb
/kənˈsərv/,
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conserves, 3rd person singular present; conserved, past participle; conserving, present participle; conserved, past tense;
  1. Protect (something, esp. an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction
    • - the funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands
  2. Prevent the wasteful or harmful overuse of (a resource)
    • - industry should conserve more water
  3. Maintain (a quantity such as energy or mass) at a constant overall total

  4. Retain (a particular amino acid, nucleotide, or sequence of these) unchanged in different protein or DNA molecules

  5. Preserve (food, typically fruit) with sugar

Noun
  1. A sweet food made by preserving fruit with sugar; jam

  1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
  2. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"
  3. 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"
  4. use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
  5. preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
  6. (conserved) protected from harm or loss
  7. Fruit preserves are fruits, or vegetables, that have been prepared and canned for long term storage. The preparation of fruit preserves traditionally involves the use of pectin as a gelling agent, although sugar or honey may be used as well. ...
  8. Conserve is a non-governmental organization (NGO) launched in India in 1998 by husband and wife Shalabh and Anita Ahuja.
  9. Conserve (Dutch: "Uitgeverij Conserve") is a Dutch publishing organization that was founded in 1983 in Schoorl by Kees de Bakker. The company is specialised in publishing historical novels. Cynthia Mc Leod is one of the authors published by Conserve.
  10. (Conservation (ethic)) Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. ...
  11. (Conservation (magazine)) The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is an 501(c)3 non-profit international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. ...
  12. (Conservation (physics)) In physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves.
  13. Wilderness where human development is prohibited; A jam or thick syrup made from fruit; To save for later use; To protect an environment
  14. (Conserved) Numismatic conservation involves examination, scientific analysis, and a reliance upon an extensive base of numismatic knowledge to determine the nature of a coin’s state of preservation and the extent of any damage. ...
  15. (Conserved) A substance's amount does not change.
  16. (Conserved) in genomics, a portion of genetic code that remains almost unchanged among many different species.
  17. (conservation) The attempt by an insurance company to prevent policies from lapsing.
  18. (conservation) When a quantity (e.g.- electric charge, energy or momentum) is conserved, it is the same after a reaction between particles as it was before.
  19. (Conservation) The wise use of resources so that they are never depleted.  For example, little regard was given to the conservation of the longleaf pine forest in the early 20th century.  The ida was simply to “cut out and get out”.
  20. (Conservation) Management of the human use of the biosphere so that it may yield the greatest sustainable benefit to present generations while maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations. ...
  21. (Conservation) The process or means of achieving recovery of viable populations.
  22. (conservation) The treatment, preventive care, and research directed toward the long-term safekeeping of cultural and natural heritage.
  23. (Conservation) preserving and renewing, when possible, human and natural resources. The use, protection and improvement of natural resources according to principles that will ensure their highest economic or social benefits.
  24. (conservation) Obtaining the benefits of water more efficiently, resulting in reduced demand for water. Sometimes called "end-use efficiency" or "demand management."
  25. (Conservation) Various techniques and methods to use less energy, either by utilizing more efficient technologies or by reducing wasteful ones (including wasteful habits).