serve

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (personal, transitive) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
2. (personal, transitive) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
3. (personal, transitive) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
4. (factive, intransitive, personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
5. (personal, transitive) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
6. (archaic, transitive) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
7. (archaic, transitive) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
8. (transitive) To be effective.
9. (intransitive) To be effective.
10. (intransitive) To be effective.
11. (transitive) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
12. (transitive) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
14. (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
15. (intransitive) To be in military service.
16. (transitive) To work, to operate (a weapon).
17. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To perform (a public obligation).
20. (ambitransitive, slang) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
21. (intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
22. (transitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.
23. (transitive) To present an attractive personal appearance.

Synonyms

service

attend

wait upon

work

wait on

worship

do

help

act

function

work for

minister

dish out

attend upon

honour

subserve

feed

useful

benefit

answer

ladle

pitch

supply

take care of

dish up

suffice

present

follow

pour

officiate

be a servant

obey

wait

suit

fix

fill

entertain

hand

✋

advantage

process

avail

distribute

satisfy

assist

dish

arrange

scoop

tend

offer

nurture

Translations

servir

servir

servire

dienen

servir

bedienen

dienen

serveren

service

servir

servieren

desservir

servizio

خَدَمَ

bedienen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɜːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: serven

Cognate with Etruscan: -

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Your son went to serve at a distant place , and became a centurion .

The trains also serve Haikou's Airport .

It was to serve freight traffic of livestock and mining businesses .

The Glen Rock Public Schools serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade .