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Conserve vs. Jam

Conserve and Jam Definitions

Conserve

To protect from loss or harm; preserve
Calls to conserve our national heritage in the face of bewildering change.

Jam

To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position
Jammed the cork in the bottle.

Conserve

To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
Kept the thermostat lower to conserve energy.

Jam

To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on
Jammed the brakes on.

Conserve

To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.

Jam

To cause to become unworkable because a part is stuck
The wrinkled paper jammed the copying machine.
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Conserve

To preserve (fruits) with sugar.

Jam

To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position
Jammed the typewriter keys.

Conserve

To economize
Tried to conserve on fuel during the long winter.

Jam

To pack (items, for example) to excess; cram
Jammed my clothes into the suitcase.

Conserve

A jam made of fruits stewed in sugar.

Jam

To fill (a container or space) to overflowing
I jammed the suitcase with clothes. Fans jammed the hallway after the concert.
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Conserve

Wilderness where human development is prohibited.

Jam

To block, congest, or clog
A drain that was jammed by debris.

Conserve

A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.

Jam

To crush or bruise
Jam a finger.

Conserve

(obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.

Jam

(Electronics) To interfere with or prevent the clear reception of (broadcast signals) by electronic means.
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Conserve

(obsolete) A conservatory.

Jam

(Baseball) To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.

Conserve

(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
To conserve fruits with sugar

Jam

To become wedged or stuck
The coin jammed in the slot.

Conserve

(transitive) To protect an environment, heritage, etc.

Jam

To become locked or stuck in an unworkable position
The computer keyboard jammed.

Conserve

To remain unchanged during a process

Jam

To force one's way into or through a limited space
We all jammed into the elevator.

Conserve

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor.

Jam

(Music) To participate in a jam session.

Conserve

To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Jam

(Basketball) To make a dunk shot.

Conserve

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.
I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.

Jam

The act of jamming or the condition of being jammed.

Conserve

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

Jam

A crush or congestion of people or things in a limited space
A traffic jam.

Conserve

A conservatory.

Jam

A trying situation.

Conserve

Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

Jam

See jam session.

Conserve

Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change;
Energy is conserved in this process

Jam

A preserve made from whole fruit boiled to a pulp with sugar.

Conserve

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

Jam

A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.

Conserve

Use cautiously and frugally;
I try to economize my spare time
Conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit

Jam

(countable) A difficult situation.

Conserve

Preserve with sugar;
Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard

Jam

(countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.
A traffic jam caused us to miss the game's first period.
A jam of logs in a river

Jam

An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.

Jam

A song; a track.

Jam

An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects.
We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.

Jam

That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about.
Teaching is my jam.

Jam

A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team.
The pitcher's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.

Jam

A forceful dunk.

Jam

A play during which points can be scored.
Toughie scored four points in that jam.

Jam

Any of several maneuvers requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space.
I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.

Jam

(AU) The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber.

Jam

Luck.
He's got more jam than Waitrose.

Jam

Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo
I don't think he has the jam.

Jam

(slang) Sexual relations or the contemplation of them.

Jam

(dated) A kind of frock for children.

Jam

To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
Her poor little baby toe got jammed in the door.
I jammed the top knuckle of my ring finger.

Jam

To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
The rush-hour train was jammed with commuters.

Jam

To render something unable to move.

Jam

To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
A single accident can jam the roads for hours.

Jam

To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
The government jams foreign propaganda broadcasts.
The airstrike suffered minimal casualties because electronic-warfare aircraft were jamming the enemy air-defense radars.

Jam

(baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
Jones was jammed by the pitch.

Jam

(basketball) To dunk.

Jam

(music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

Jam

To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.

Jam

(roller derby) To attempt to score points.
Toughie jammed four times in the second period.

Jam

To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Jam

To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.

Jam

A kind of frock for children.

Jam

See Jamb.

Jam

A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.

Jam

An injury caused by jamming.

Jam

A difficult situation; as, he got himself into a jam.

Jam

A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; also called jelly; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.

Jam

To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in; to cram; as, rock fans jammed the theater for the concert.
The ship . . . jammed in between two rocks.

Jam

To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.

Jam

To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.

Jam

To block or obstruct by packing too much (people or objects) into; as, shoppers jammed the aisles during the fire sale.

Jam

To interfere with (a radio signal) by sending other signals of the same or nearby frequency; as, the Soviets jammed Radio Free Europe broadcasts for years during the cold war.

Jam

To cause to become nonfunctional by putting something in that blocks the movement of a part or parts; as, he jammed the drawer by putting in too many loose papers; he jammed the lock by trying to pick it.

Jam

To become stuck so as not to function; as, the copier jammed again.

Jam

To play an instrument in a jam session.

Jam

To crowd together; - usually used with together or in; as, fifty people jammed into a conference room designed for twenty.

Jam

Preserve of crushed fruit

Jam

Informal terms for a difficult situation;
He got into a terrible fix
He made a muddle of his marriage

Jam

A dense crowd of people

Jam

Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

Jam

Press tightly together or cram;
The crowd packed the auditorium

Jam

Push down forcibly;
The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor

Jam

Crush or bruise;
Jam a toe

Jam

Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;
Jam the Voice of America
Block the signals emitted by this station

Jam

Get stuck and immobilized;
The mechanism jammed

Jam

Crowd or pack to capacity;
The theater was jampacked

Jam

Block passage through;
Obstruct the path

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