conserve

1. 1.

   keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change

   “Energy is conserved in this process”

   Broaderkeep
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymspreservemaintainkeep up

   Broaderkeep

   Narrowerembalmplastinatehold the line
3. 3.

   use cautiously and frugally

   “I try to economize my spare time”

   “conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit”

   Synonymshusbandeconomizeeconomise

   Antonymswaste

   Broadersave

   Narrowerretrench
4. 4.

   preserve with sugar

   “Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard”

   Broaderpreserve

   cooking

1. 1.

   fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

   Synonymspreserveconservespreserves

   Broaderconfiture

   Narrowerapple butterchowchowjamlemon curdjellymarmalade

Other forms of conserve

plural

conserves·

past tense

conserved·

present participle

conserving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about conserve

What does conserve mean?

conserve means "keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in conserve?

conserve has 2 syllables: con-serve. The stress falls on "serve". In IPA it is /kənˈsɝv/.

What is another word for conserve?

Close synonyms include preserve, maintain, keep up, husband, economize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of conserve?

The recorded antonyms are waste.

Is conserve a common word?

conserve is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with conserve?

1 word rhymes with conserve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.