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  • noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

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  • noun Plural form of conserve.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conserve.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

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Examples

  • DNA "conserves" the movements, insights and developments of the past, but DNA also "liberates" the possibilities, freedoms and potentials of the next generation.

    Jason Derr: Participation In Politics And Theology: Deal With It! Jason Derr 2011

  • It obeys the constrictions of celestial mechanics and "conserves" galactic angular momentum.

    Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998

  • Trolls are everywhere in this new Swedish tourism here's that Denver water campaign that "conserves" billboards. new PSAs that were created in partnership with Major League Baseball, the U.S. Dept. of

    Adrants 2010

  • Sounds snarky, but no matter how much one "conserves" it is totally undone by having kids, sending them off to a college campus (which uses more energy to maintain the grounds for a month than the most wasteful family uses all year), having them see the world (unneccesary travel), have more kids and so forth. where did you get that

    Brad Ideas - Comments Mark Denison 2009

  • The structure not only provides a healthy place to live and work, it reduces waste sent to landfills, conserves energy and water, and reduces harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

    Ginger Dolden | Inhabitat 2009

  • You'll find some of the finest Majolica pottery in all of Mexico and some fabulous conserves by the women of Santa Rosa, all in a pristine mountain environment.

    Recommendations? 2009

  • Vote [D] this Nov .... it is a truly conservative vote because it conserves American progress.

    GOP senators: filibuster unlikely, but not ruled out 2010

  • You'll find some of the finest Majolica pottery in all of Mexico and some fabulous conserves by the women of Santa Rosa, all in a pristine mountain environment.

    Recommendations? 2009

  • You'll find some of the finest Majolica pottery in all of Mexico and some fabulous conserves by the women of Santa Rosa, all in a pristine mountain environment.

    Recommendations? 2009

  • He conserves energy by rarely speaking, leaving that to his top aides.

    Support Swells for Indian Hunger Striker Amol Sharma 2011

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