# conserved

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SURVD" US /kənˈsɝvd/, UK /kənˈsɜːvd/

## Adjective

1. Protected from waste or loss; carefully kept so as not to be used up or destroyed.
   - Simple: Kept safe and not wasted or used up.
   - _The conserved wetlands now shelter birds that had nearly disappeared from the valley._
   - _A conserved manuscript can survive centuries longer than one left to decay._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of conserve. — simple past and past participle of conserve
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of conserve. Use this form for the past, or after has, have, or had.
   - _The museum conserved several fragile paintings before the exhibition._
   - _Over the years the trust has conserved thousands of acres of forest._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/conserved (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).