Meaning of 'conserve'

noun

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Synonyms: preserve conserves preserves

verb

to preserve with sugar

Example: "We always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard."

verb

to use cautiously and frugally

Synonyms: husband economize economise

verb

to keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

Example: "We conserve food for bad times."

Synonyms: preserve keep up maintain

verb

to keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change

Example: "Energy is conserved in this process"