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SERVE
serve, service
(noun) (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; âhis powerful serves won the gameâ
serve
(verb) put the ball into play; âIt was Agassiâs turn to serveâ
serve
(verb) do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; âHe served as head of the department for three yearsâ; âShe served in Congress for two termsâ
serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
(verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food); âWe serve meals for the homelessâ; âShe dished out the soup at 8 P.M.â; âThe entertainers served up a lively showâ
serve, help
(verb) help to some food; help with food or drink; âI served him three times, and after that he helped himselfâ
serve, service
(verb) mate with; âmale animals serve the females for breeding purposesâ
serve, process, swear out
(verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone; âHe was processed by the sheriffâ
serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist
(verb) work for or be a servant to; âMay I serve you?â; âShe attends the old lady in the wheelchairâ; âCan you wait on our table, please?â; âIs a salesperson assisting you?â; âThe minister served the King for many yearsâ
service, serve
(verb) be used by; as of a utility; âThe sewage plant served the neighboring communitiesâ; âThe garage served to shelter his horsesâ
serve
(verb) devote (part of) oneâs life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas; âShe served the art of musicâ; âHe served the churchâ; âserve the countryâ
suffice, do, answer, serve
(verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; âA few words would answerâ; âThis car suits my purpose wellâ; âWill $100 do?â; âA âBâ grade doesnât suffice to get me into medical schoolâ; âNothing else will serveâ
serve
(verb) contribute or conduce to; âThe scandal served to increase his popularityâ
serve, serve well
(verb) promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to; âArt serves commerceâ; âTheir interests are servedâ; âThe lake serves recreationâ; âThe Presidentâs wisdom has served the country wellâ
serve, function
(verb) serve a purpose, role, or function; âThe tree stump serves as a tableâ; âThe female students served as a control groupâ; âThis table would serve very wellâ; âHis freedom served him wellâ; âThe table functions as a deskâ
serve, do
(verb) spend time in prison or in a labor camp; âHe did six years for embezzlementâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
serve (plural serves)
(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
(chiefly, Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
Synonyms
• (act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play): service
• (portion of food): See serving
Antonyms
• (sports: act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play): receive
Verb
serve (third-person singular simple present serves, present participle serving, simple past and past participle served)
(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. [from 12thc.]
(transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. [from 13thc.]
(transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. [from 13thc.]
(intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service. [from 14thc.]
(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15thc.]
(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner. [from 13thc.]
(transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14thc.]
To be effective.
(transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of. [from 14thc.]
(intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something. [from 14thc.]
(intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else. [from 14thc.]
(transitive, legal) To deliver a document.
To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.). [from 15thc.]
To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc. [from 16thc.]
(transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover. [from 16thc.]
(intransitive) To be in military service. [from 16thc.]
(transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon). [from 18thc.]
(transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence). [from 19thc.]
(nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
(transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
(ambitransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
Synonyms
• (to be a servant to): attend, bestand, wait on; See also serve
Anagrams
• 'verse, -verse, reves, sever, veers, verse
Source: Wiktionary
Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Served; p. pr. & vb. n. Serving.] Etym: [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf. Conserve, Desert merit, Dessert, Observe, Serf, Sergeant.]
1. To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit. Rom. i. 9. Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. Gen. xxix. 18. No man can serve two masters. Matt. vi. 24. Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. Shak.
2. To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to. Bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright. Milton.
3. To be suitor to; to profess love to. [Obs.] To serve a lady in his beste wise. Chaucer.
4. To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop. Others, pampered in their shameless pride, Are served in plate and in their chariots ride. Dryden.
5. Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in. Bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner. Shak. Some part he roasts, then serves it up so dressed. Dryde.
6. To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.
7. To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn. Turn it into some advantage, by observing where it can serve another end. Jer. Taylor.
8. To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
9. To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
10. To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
11. (Law) (a) To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons. (b) To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subpoena.
12. To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
13. To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
14. (Tennis)
Definition: To lead off in delivering (the ball).
15. (Naut.)
Definition: To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving. To serve an attachment or a writ of attachment (Law), to levy it on the person or goods by seizure, or to seize.
– To serve an execution (Law), to levy it on a lands, goods, or person, by seizure or taking possession.
– To serve an office, to discharge a public duty.
– To serve a process (Law), in general, to read it, so as to give due notice to the party concerned, or to leave an attested copy with him or his attorney, or his usual place of abode.
– To serve a warrant, to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued.
– To serve a writ (Law), to read it to the defendant, or to leave an attested copy at his usual place of abode.
– To serve one out, to retaliate upon; to requite. "I'll serve you out for this." C. Kingsley.
– To serve one right, to treat, or cause to befall one, according to his deserts; -- used commonly of ill deserts; as, it serves the scoundrel right; -- To serve one's self of, to avail one's self of; to make use of. [A Gallicism] I will serve myself of this concession. Chillingworth.
– To serve out, to distribute; as, to serve out rations.
– To serve the time or the hour, to regulate one's actions by the requirements of the time instead of by one's duty; to be a timeserver. [Obs.] They think herein we serve the time, because thereby we either hold or seek preferment. Hooker.
Syn.
– To obey; minister to; subserve; promote; aid; help; assist; benefit; succor.
Serve, v. i.
1. To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service. The Lord shall give thee rest . . . from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve. Isa. xiv. 3.
2. To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc. But Martha . . . said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone Luke x. 40.
3. To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc. Many . . . who had before been great commanders, but now served as private gentlemen without pay. Knolles.
4. To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable. This little brand will serve to light your fire. Dryden. As occasion serves, this noble queen And prince shall follow with a fresh supply. Shak.
5. (Tennis)
Definition: To lead off in delivering the ball.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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