Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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conserve

/ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/ noun, verb

Forms conserves conserving conserved

  1. noun Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
  2. noun A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
  3. noun (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
  4. noun (obsolete) A conservatory.
  5. verb (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative. “to conserve fruits with sugar”
  6. verb (transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
  7. verb (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

Synonyms

preserve conserves preserves maintain keep up husband economize economise

Antonyms

waste

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.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
  2. verb To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.
  3. noun Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
  4. noun A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

Etymology [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.]

Etymology [F. conserve, fr. conserver.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “conserve”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “conserve” (best matches first).