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Serve

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Meaning

Noun

In Sports:
An
of
the
or
in various games.
In Australian English:
A
of food or
, a serving.
In African-American Vernacular English:
An
(especially of a person's appearance).

Verb

  • To provide a service (or,
    , a product, especially food or drink).
  • To be a
    for (a
    or
    ); to
    in an
    capacity.
  • To be a
    for; to work for, to be
    by.
  • To
    (someone)
    ; to set food and
    front of, to help (someone) to food,
    etc.
  • To be a
    or
    ; to
    the
    of a
    or
    ; to
    service.
  • To
    (food or
    )
    to be
    ; to
    (food,
    ) to a person.
  • To
    (someone) in a given manner.
    To be
    to; to be the
    of.
  • To be effective.
  • To be
    to; to
    the needs of.
  • To have a given use or
    ; to
    for something or to do something.
  • To
    take the place as,
    something else.
  • In Law:
  • To
    a document.
  • To make
    service upon (a person
    in a
    ,
    , etc.)
  • In Sports:
    To
    with the first
    over the
    in
    ,
    ,
    ,
    etc.
    To
    (of
    ); to cover.
    To be in
    service.
    In Military:
    To work, to
    (a weapon).
    To
    (a given
    of
    , a sentence).
    In Nautical:
    To
    etc.
    around (a
    or
    , etc.)
    it from
    or from the weather.
    To
    (a public obligation).
    To provide
    (to), usually by
    ,
    , or distributing.
    In African-American Vernacular English:
  • To present an
    personal appearance.
  • To
    something (especially a
    ) as part of
    personal appearance.
  • To
    something (especially a person) with
    personal appearance.
  • Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    serve
    English
    arrow
    serven
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    servir
    Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
    arrow
    servio
    Latin
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    servus
    Latin
    servir
    Old French (842-ca. 1400)
    servir
    French
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    servire
    Latin
    Sourced from
    Etym
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