Dictionary Definition
Verb
1 keep constant through physical or chemical
reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this
process"
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]
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]
4 preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the
strawberries we grew in the backyard"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- kŏn'sû(r)v, /ˈkɒnsɜː(r)v/, /"kQns3:(r)v/
Etymology
From Old French conserver, from conservare to keep, preserve from com- intensive prefix + servare keep watch, maintain (see also observe).Noun
- Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
- A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
Pronunciation
- kən-sû(r)v', /kənˈsɜː(r)v/, /k@n"s3:(r)v/
Verb
- To save for later use.
- To protect an environment.
Derived terms
Translations
to save
- Japanese: 節約する (setsuyaku suru)
to protect
- Japanese: 保存する (hozon suru)
translations to be checked
- French: conserver
French
Noun
fr-noun f- canned foods
Verb
- Form of conserver
Italian
Noun
conserve- Plural of conserva
Extensive Definition
Conservation may refer to:
- Conservation movement, a movement seeking to protect plants, animals and their habitats
- Conservation ethic, an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection
- Energy conservation, the reduction of non-renewable energy consumption
- Habitat conservation
- Water conservation
- Wildlife management, multidisciplinary practices, including conservation of species and their habitats
- Conservation authority
- Marine conservation, the protection and preservation of ecosystems in oceans and seas
- Soil conservation
- Art conservation, the profession devoted to the preservation of cultural property
- Photograph conservation
- Architectural conservation, immovable object conservation
- Conservation biology, the science of the protection and management of biodiversity
- Conservation (botany), a procedure for nomenclature
- Conservation (genetics), related to homologous proteins amongst various phyla
- Conservation laws, a set of laws in physics
- Conservation (psychology), learning development of logical thinking, according to Jean Piaget
- Food conservation
See also
- :Category:Conservation for topics relation to conservation of natural resources
- Environmentalism
- List of conservation topics
- Agricultural conservation easement
conserve in Czech: Konzervace
conserve in Danish: Fredning
conserve in French: Conservation
conserve in Korean: 보존
conserve in Dutch: Conservering
conserve in Vietnamese: Bảo tồn
conserve in Turkish: Konservasyon
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Jell-O, attend to, baby-sit, blancmange, candy, care for, chaperon, cherish, comfit, compote, confection, confectionery, confiture, copyright, foster, frosting, gelatin, glaze, guard, hold back, hold on to,
honey, husband, icing, jam, jelly, keep, keep alive, keep back, keep
by one, keep in reserve, keep in store, keep intact, keep
inviolate, keep on hand, keep safe, keep up, keep watch over, lay
by, look after, look out for, look to, maintain, marmalade, matronize, meringue, mind, minister to, mother, mousse, not destroy, not
endanger, not expend, not use up, not waste, nurse, nurture, patent, preserve, protect, protege, provide for, put apart,
put aside, put by, register, reserve, retain, ride herd on, save, save up, see after, see to,
set apart, set aside, set by, shepherd, spare, support, sustain, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, take care of, take charge
of, tend, tutti-frutti,
uphold, watch, watch out for, watch over,
whipped cream, withhold