conserve, preserve, conserves, preserves
(noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
conserve
(verb) preserve with sugar; “Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard”
conserve, husband, economize, economise
(verb) use cautiously and frugally; “I try to economize my spare time”; “conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit”
conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
(verb) 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”
conserve
(verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; “Energy is conserved in this process”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conserve (plural conserves)
Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
(obsolete) A conservatory.
conserve (third-person singular simple present conserves, present participle conserving, simple past and past participle conserved)
(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
(transitive) To protect an environment.
(physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process
• Cervones, Converse, converse, coveners, encovers
Source: Wiktionary
Con*serve", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conserved; p.pr. & vb.n. Conserving.] Etym: [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.]
1. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect. The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor. Strype.
2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
Con"serve, n. Etym: [F. conserve, fr. conserver.]
1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. Tatler.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
3. A conservatory. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
