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Conserve
kənˈsəːv
Conserve definitions
verb
conserve
conserved
conserves
conserving
- protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction
"the funds raised will help conserve endangered meadowlands"
protect keep safe shield cover screen shade keep from harm afford protection to provide protection for save safeguard wrap cover for preserve conserve defend cushion secure guard hedge- prevent the wasteful overuse of (a resource)
"industry should conserve more water"
- maintain (a quantity such as energy) at a constant overall total
"the momentum of a system is conserved unless an external force acts on it"
- retain (a particular amino acid, nucleotide, or sequence of these) unchanged in different protein or DNA molecules
"the adjacent sequence is conserved over large evolutionary distances"
- preserve (fruit) with sugar