serve

Meaning

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.

Concepts

serve

service

wait upon

attend

work

wait on

worship

do

help

act

work for

function

minister

dish out

feed

attend upon

honour

subserve

useful

supply

present

follow

pour

dish up

suffice

answer

ladle

benefit

pitch

take care of

distribute

hand

fill

entertain

obey

tend

satisfy

be a servant

dish

process

assist

suit

avail

wait

scoop

advantage

officiate

arrange

fix

accommodate

administer

provide

be sufficient

reach

offer

be employed

bring up

raise

record

befriend

look after

nourish

nurture

support

cater

serving

serve up

swear out

attend to

serve well

fit

minister to

give

care for

copulate

couple with

fuck

mount

cover

enter

contribute

operate

play

tend to

see to needs of

business

job

task

use

aid

host

submit

play the role

build as commanded

mediate

send some one out

send some on out

devote

believe in

dedicate

provide service

be in service of

give service to

offer one’s service

be active

be on active duty

be on active service

be on service

enlist in the army

serve at the table

wait on a table

take care

abide

reside

purvey

make ready

prepare

endeavour

be a slave

favour

become

be with

execute

sent

attend tọ

deal out

give a present

serve food

share

oblige

wait at

lackey

be

pour out

do for

feature

facilitate

used

wait at table

board

occupy

ride

step

thread

tread

benefact

bring through

carry through

do good

help out

pull through

succor

succour

abet

advance

conduce

foster

further

promote

redound

perch

sit

soldier

staff

valet

bowl

deliver

feed in

input

pass

ball

delivery

waitress

behave

come off

deal

go

go about

move

work out

answer for

bear

check

come back

correspond

counter

countervail

equal

feed back

field

plead

repay

reply

represent

respond

return

see

take in charge

translate

ladle out

appear

stand by

slave

do duty

devote oneself to

put out

treat to

carry out

voice

handle affairs

watch over

apportion food

run

affair

duties

functions

matter

occupation

subject

undertaking

reception

acute

advantageous

beneficial

gains

profit

sharp

shrewdness

mate

be enough

overflow

duty

make

manufacture

perform

pay

knife

spoon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɜːv/

Etymology

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”).