"conserve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/ Forms: conserves [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnsɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{inh|en|enm|conserven}} Middle English conserven, {{der|en|fro|conserver}} Old French conserver, {{der|en|la|conservare||to keep, preserve}} Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), {{m|la|com-}} com-, {{m|la|servo||keep watch, maintain}} servo (“keep watch, maintain”), {{m|en|observe}} observe Head templates: {{en-noun}} conserve (plural conserves)
  1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited. Translations (wilderness where human development is prohibited): резерват (rezervat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), reservaat [neuter] (Dutch), natuurreservaat [neuter] (Dutch), természetvédelmi terület (Hungarian), резерват (rezervat) [masculine] (Macedonian), reserva [feminine] (Portuguese), parque nacional [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-noun-H7mLFfZx Disambiguation of 'wilderness where human development is prohibited': 95 1 2 1
  2. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit. Translations (A jam or thick syrup made from fruit): конфитюр (konfitjur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), сладко (sladko) [neuter] (Bulgarian), moos (Estonian), lekvár (Hungarian), íz (Hungarian), dzsem (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-noun-Pt4~sGvR Disambiguation of 'A jam or thick syrup made from fruit': 1 91 7 1
  3. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-noun-jA8fnelL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 35 4 37 6 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 3 27 4 32 6 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 5 30 6 29 5 21
  4. (obsolete) A conservatory. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-noun-S9nrQsEa

Verb

IPA: /kənˈsɜː(ɹ)v/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conserve (noun).wav [Southern-England], En-us-conserve-verb.ogg [US] Forms: conserves [present, singular, third-person], conserving [participle, present], conserved [participle, past], conserved [past]
enPR: kŏn'sû(r)v, kən-sû(r)v' Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{inh|en|enm|conserven}} Middle English conserven, {{der|en|fro|conserver}} Old French conserver, {{der|en|la|conservare||to keep, preserve}} Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), {{m|la|com-}} com-, {{m|la|servo||keep watch, maintain}} servo (“keep watch, maintain”), {{m|en|observe}} observe Head templates: {{en-verb}} conserve (third-person singular simple present conserves, present participle conserving, simple past and past participle conserved)
  1. (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative. Tags: transitive Translations (to save for later use): кансервава́ць (kansjervavácʹ) (Belarusian), консервирам (konserviram) (Bulgarian), запазвам (zapazvam) (Bulgarian), conservar (Catalan), konservi (Esperanto), säilöä (Finnish), conservar (Galician), konservar (Ido), conservare (Italian), 節約する (setsuyaku-suru) (alt: せつやくする) (Japanese), conservō (Latin), stipà (Neapolitan), konserwować [imperfective] (Polish), zakonserwować [perfective] (Polish), conservar (Portuguese), сохраня́ть (soxranjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сохрани́ть (soxranítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), консерви́ровать (konservírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), законсерви́ровать (zakonservírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), reservar (Spanish), conservar (Spanish), ifadhi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-verb-uLwojiBb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 35 4 37 6 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 3 27 4 32 6 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 5 30 6 29 5 21 Disambiguation of 'to save for later use': 96 1 3
  2. (transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to protect): защитавам (zaštitavam) (Bulgarian), опазвам (opazvam) (Bulgarian), conservar (Catalan), säilyke (Finnish), conservar (Galician), konservar (Ido), 保存する (hozon-suru) (alt: ほぞんする) (Japanese), conservar (Portuguese), охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охрани́ть (oxranítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), защити́ть (zaščitítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), conservar (Spanish), ifadhi (Swahili), bevara (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-verb-qDxt885A Disambiguation of 'to protect': 2 82 16
  3. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics
    Sense id: en-conserve-en-verb-IgqLgFBy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 2 35 4 37 6 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 3 27 4 32 6 22 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 5 30 6 29 5 21 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conservation, conservative, conservatory, conserved sequence

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58",
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      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "konservi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "säilöä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "konservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せつやくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsuyaku-suru",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "節約する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "stipà"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "konserwować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakonserwować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soxranjátʹ",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сохраня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soxranítʹ",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сохрани́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konservírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "консерви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakonservírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "законсерви́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "reservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to save for later use",
      "word": "ifadhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaštitavam",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "защитавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opazvam",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "опазвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "säilyke"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "konservar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほぞんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hozon-suru",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "保存する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxranjátʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "охраня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxranítʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "охрани́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "защища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščitítʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "защити́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "ifadhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "bevara"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "conservation"
  ],
  "word": "conserve"
}

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