conserve

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
• Syn:
preserve, conserves, preserves
• Derivationally related forms:
preserve (for: preserve)
• Hypernyms:
confiture
• Hyponyms:
apple butter, chowchow, jam, lemon curd, lemon cheese,
jelly, marmalade

II - verb

1. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
- Energy is conserved in this process
• Derivationally related forms:
conservation
• Hypernyms:
keep, maintain, hold
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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
• Syn:
preserve, maintain, keep up
• Derivationally related forms:
maintenance (for: maintain), preservative (for: preserve), preservation (for: preserve), conservation
• Hypernyms:
keep
• Hyponyms:
embalm, plastinate, hold the line
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. use cautiously and frugally
- I try to economize my spare time
- conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
• Syn:
husband, economize, economise
• Ant:
waste
• Derivationally related forms:
economiser (for: economise), economizer (for: economize), economy (for: economize)
• Hypernyms:
save, preserve
• Hyponyms:
retrench
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. preserve with sugar
- Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
preserve, keep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  preserve, conserves, preserves, husband, economize, economise, maintain, keep up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  waste, blow, squander