serve

Signification

Noun

1. An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
2. A portion of food or drink, a serving.
3. An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).

Verb

1. To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
2. To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
3. To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
4. To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
5. To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
6. To treat (someone) in a given manner.
7. To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
8. To be effective.
9. To be effective.
10. To be effective.
11. To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
12. To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
13. To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
14. To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
15. To be in military service.
16. To work, to operate (a weapon).
17. To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
18. To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
19. To perform (a public obligation).
20. (slang) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
21. To present an attractive personal appearance.
22. To present an attractive personal appearance.
23. To present an attractive personal appearance.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɜːv/

Étymologie

From Middle English serven, from Old French servir, from Latin serviō (“be a slave; serve”), from Latin servus (“slave; servant”), which perhaps derives from Etruscan (compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉 (servi), 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄 (serve)), or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“watch over, protect”).