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🌱 To protect 🔬 To keep unchanged 🍓 To make jam 🥄 A fruit spread
to conserve

to conserve

3 5.3
Cook fruit with sugar so it keeps for a long time
  • verb
  • /kənˈsɜrv/
translation icon : conservar en almíbar
  • Akasheh is exploring Petra's 21-square-mile hydraulic system, which collected and conserved the region's scarce rainfall.

Examples

  • At the foot of the garden, she had kept her planting low in order to conserve the view.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She made strawberry conserve to spread on her toast in the morning.

  • The instrument was short enough to complete in 20 minutes to conserve workshop time.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Or maybe it's because we seek to conserve our beloved liberal traditions.

    Blog text (15)

  • Need to conserve stock.

    CQ (2001)

  • Homemade peach conserve is a delightful treat for those who enjoy sweet preserves.

  • You can enjoy apricot conserve as a topping for pancakes or ice cream.

Antonyms

to destroy
∞ 1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

Surface Forms

conserve infinitive
conserved past
conserved past participle
conserving present participle
conserves third person singular

Etymology

Conserve comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and servare ('to keep'). So to conserve fruit means to 'keep' it safe for later by cooking it with sugar, like making jam.