Verb (used with object) : Conserve your strength for the race. ,Conserve the woodlands. ,the interaction conserved linear momentum.    From Dictionary.com. 

It obeys the constrictions of celestial mechanics and "conserves" galactic angular momentum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

This encourages root growth and conserves moisture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference

"Will't please your honor taste of these conserves.".    From Wordnik.com.  [My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec] Reference

Totally handmade marmalades, conserves, fruit butters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our 15 Picks] Reference

Mother Theresa looked; -- much she knows about conserves!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861] Reference

They had brought quantities of biscuits and tea and conserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

Pineapple is best canned alone or used as foundation for conserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Every Step in Canning] Reference

However, almost any combination of fruits may be made into conserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

Curbs soil erosin, conserves soil moisture and increases soil fertility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Driving slower conserves gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2008] Reference

Nature at best conserves order, or may even temporarily create a little order.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

This extra fire support conserves the ammunition of units within the perimeter.    From Wordnik.com.  [FM 7-98 Chptr 2 - Support For Insurgency and Cntrinsrgncy]

RUSTY DORNEN, CNN NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Driving slower conserves gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2008] Reference

· Furrow planting is best suited to low rainfall areas since it conserves moisture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

They dry the chestnuts in an oven, and then make them into various conserves for sale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference

Intertillage conserves moisture by the formation of a dirt mulch as described earlier.    From Wordnik.com.  [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference

In the special recipes for conserves given in this text, the latter method is followed.    From Wordnik.com.  [School and Home Cooking] Reference

Unless the country conserves in a huge way, severe blackouts could come as soon as July.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perils Of Abundance] Reference

All rules that govern the making of preserves apply equally well to the making of conserves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

Such furrow planting is advantageous in drier areas for cereal crops, since it conserves moisture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

Direct application of liquid fertilizer, covering the soil, conserves both nutrients and moisture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

It conserves the heat in the food, by surrounding it with substances which are poor conductors of heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference

It is also generally used for fruits preserved with much sugar, such as preserves, jams, conserves, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [School and Home Cooking] Reference

A showroom at Panasonic's headquarters displayed a heated, multifunction toilet seat that conserves energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Japan Isn’t Rising] Reference

Look you, said he, there are all sorts of fruits, cakes, dry sweatmeats, and conserves; take what you like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference

However, they are also used in the making of marmalades, conserves, and such confections as candied fruits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

Your body goes into a state of emergency and conserves the food it gets into storage — in the form of fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [D is for Diet] Reference

Tillage conserves moisture by increasing the water holding capacity of the soil and by checking evaporation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple Growing] Reference

McCain's response to conserves who won't forgive him, he gave the commencement address at Falwell's college.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2007] Reference

The best government is that which most efficiently conserves the true ends of government, be the form what it may.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties] Reference

It conserves fresh water resources used for flush toilets, and it conserves the soil on fields to which it is applied.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

She conserves her energies in fitness, her soul in tenderness, her people in love, and the interests of The Army in loyalty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference

FRUIT BUTTERS are a form of preserves similar to jams, and are used in the place of preserves, jams, conserves, or marmalades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

By reducing the potential demand for artificial fertilizers, it conserves foreign exchange and possible pollution from industrial plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

It is also to be expected that the community will desire to maintain a resource which employs labor, pays taxes, and conserves stream flow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference