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0 to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed:
1 a food made from fruit or vegetables boiled with sugar and water until it becomes a firm sauce:
2 an activity that only one person or a particular type of person does or is responsible for:
Owning racehorses is the preserve of the rich.
Sport used to be a male preserve.
3 a reserve
4 to keep something as it is, esp. in order to prevent it from decaying or to protect it from being damaged or destroyed:
5 an activity that only one person or a particular type of person does or is responsible for:
6 an area of land kept in its natural state, esp. for hunting and fishing or for raising animals and fish:
a wildlife preserve
apricot preserves