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serve

/sɜːv/

noun

Meaning

  • An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

    "Whose serve is it?"

  • A portion of food or drink, a serving.

Synonyms

service,
serving

verb

Meaning

  • (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).

  • To treat (someone) in a given manner.

  • To be suitor to; to be the lover of.

  • To be effective.

  • To deliver a document.

  • To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.

  • To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.

  • To be in military service.

  • To work, to operate (a weapon).

  • To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).

  • To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.

  • To perform (a public obligation).

    "I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial."

  • To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.

Synonyms

attend,
bestand,
wait on