conserve

Noun

• fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Verb

• preserve with sugar
  • Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard
    

• use cautiously and frugally
  • I try to economize my spare time
    
  • conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit
    

• 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
    

• keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
  • Energy is conserved in this process
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  preserve , conserves , preserves , husband , economize , economise , maintain , keep up
• Antonyms: 
  waste , blow , squander