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Meaning
Noun
●
In Sports:
An
act
of
putting
the
ball
or
shuttlecock
in play
in various games.
●
In Australian English:
A
portion
of food or
drink
, a serving.
●
In African-American Vernacular English:
An
impressive
presentation
(especially of a person's appearance).
Verb
●
To provide a service (or,
by extension
, a product, especially food or drink).
To be a
formal
servant
for (a
god
or
deity
); to
worship
in an
official
capacity.
To be a
servant
for; to work for, to be
employed
by.
To
wait upon
(someone)
at table
; to set food and
drink in
front of, to help (someone) to food,
meals
etc.
To be a
servant
or
worker
; to
perform
the
duties
of a
servant
or
employee
; to
render
service.
To
set down
(food or
drink
)
on the table
to be
eaten
; to
bring
(food,
drink
) to a person.
●
To
treat
(someone) in a given manner.
●
To be
suitor
to; to be the
lover
of.
●
To be effective.
To be
useful
to; to
meet
the needs of.
To have a given use or
purpose
; to
function
for something or to do something.
To
usefully
take the place as,
instead of
something else.
●
In Law:
To
deliver
a document.
To
officially
deliver
(a
legal notice
,
summons
etc.).
To make
legal
service upon (a person
named
in a
writ
,
summons
, etc.)
●
In Sports:
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.
●
In Military:
To work, to
operate
(a weapon).
●
To
work through
(a given
period
of
time in
prison
, a sentence).
●
In Nautical:
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).
●
To provide
crack cocaine
(to), usually by
selling
,
dealing
, or distributing.
●
In African-American Vernacular English:
To present an
attractive
personal appearance.
To
attractively
display
something (especially a
body part
) as part of
one's
personal appearance.
To
evoke
something (especially a person) with
one's
personal appearance.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
serve
English
serven
Middle English (1100-1500)
servir
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
servio
Latin
servus
Latin
servir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
servir
French
servire
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Service
Serving
Aid
Attend
Await
Bestand
Bestead
Do
Serve
Stay
Tend
Wait
Attend To
Dance Attendance
Do For
Wait On
Wait Upon
Dish Out
More
Antonyms
Receive
Govern
Order
Rule
Related
Deliver
Represent
Treat
Satisfy
Perform
Assist
Offer
Employ
Fulfill
Feed
Give
Govern
Eat
Cook
Act
Function
Support
Meet
Contain
Sell
Protect
Take
Fulfil
Produce
Accommodate
Utilize
Operate
Benefit
Present
Play
Help
Enable
Bring
Ball
Handle
Promote
Pass
Defend
Occupy
Supply
Shot
Execute
Work
Player
Match
Create
Accept
Game
Reach
Recognize
Fill
Cater
Influence
Drink
Carry
Reflect
Racket
Sustain
More
Rhymes
Serve
Terve
Curve
Nerve
Deserve
Reserve
Observe
Preserve
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