Conserve (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 2
Use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 3
Preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.