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[ surv ] / sɜrv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR serve ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), served, serv·ing.to act as a servant. to wait on table, as a waiter. to offer or have a meal or refreshments available, as for patrons or guests: Come early, we're serving at six. to offer or distribute a portion or portions of food or a beverage, as a host or hostess: It was her turn to serve at the faculty tea. to render assistance; be of use; help. to go through a term of service, do duty as a soldier, sailor, senator, juror, etc. to have definite use: This cup will serve as a sugar bowl. to answer the purpose: That will serve to explain my actions. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to put the ball or shuttlecock in play with a stroke, swing, or hit. to be favorable, suitable, or convenient, as weather or time. Ecclesiastical. to act as a server. verb (used with object), served, serv·ing.to be in the service of; work for. to be useful or of service to; help. to go through (a term of service, imprisonment, etc.). to render active service to (a sovereign, commander, etc.). to render obedience or homage to (God, a sovereign, etc.). to perform the duties of (a position, an office, etc.): to serve his mayoralty. to answer the requirements of; suffice: This will serve our needs for the moment. to contribute to; promote: to serve a cause. to wait upon at table; act as a waiter or waitress to. to carry and distribute (portions of food or drink) to a patron or a specific table, as a waiter or waitress. to act as a host or hostess in offering (a person) a portion of food or drink: May I serve you with some tea and cake? to act as a host or hostess in offering or distributing (a portion or portions of food or drink) to another: They served tea and cake to their guests. to provide with a regular or continuous supply of something. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to put (the ball or shuttlecock) in play. to treat in a specified manner: That served him ill. Law. - to make legal delivery of (a process or writ).
- to present (a person) with a writ.
to gratify (desire, wants, needs, etc.). (of a male animal) to mate with; service. to operate or keep in action (a gun, artillery, etc.). Nautical. to wrap (a rope) tightly with small stuff, keeping the turns as close together as possible. nounthe act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis. Idioms for serveserve one right, to treat one as one deserves, especially to punish justly: It will serve you right if she never speaks to you again.
Origin of serve1125–75; Middle English serven<Old French servir<Latin servīre, equivalent to serv( us) slave (cf. serf) + -īre infinitive suffix SYNONYMS FOR serve1, 2 attend. 5 aid, succor. SEE SYNONYMS FOR serve ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM serveserv·a·ble, serve·a·ble, adjectiveo·ver·serve, verb (used with object)un·der·served, adjectiveun·serv·a·ble, adjective un·served, adjectivewell-served, adjective Words nearby serveserum therapy, serv., serval, servant, servant church, serve, serve a purpose, serve one right, server, servery, serve time Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for servePlaced in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care. Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud. How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’|Michael Howard|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt. Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Krivov was sentenced to serve four years at a general regime penal colony for his fight for freedom and human rights. Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But as we are seeing all over the world, one can serve the other. France’s Wave of Crazy-Terror Christmas Attacks|Christopher Dickey|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The cross-head is a small piece of aluminum bronze, running on round guides that also serve as cylinder braces. Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II|S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly Slip it carefully on a hot dish and serve the instant it comes from the fire. The Story of Crisco|Marion Harris Neil The defendant's whereabouts were unknown to us, your Honor, and the court allowed us to serve notice by publication. In other times, under other conditions, some pliant and amiable figurehead might serve them well. If he was disqualified from being one of the twelve, he was not debarred from liberty to serve. Studies in the Epistle of James|A. T. Robertson
British Dictionary definitions for serve
verbto be in the service of (a person) to render or be of service to (a person, cause, etc); help (in a shop) to give (customers) information about articles for sale and to hand over articles purchased (tr) to provide (guests, customers, etc) with food, drink, etcshe served her guests with cocktails to distribute or provide (food, drink, etc) for guests, customers, etcdo you serve coffee? (tr sometimes foll by up) to present (food, drink, etc) in a specified mannercauliflower served with cheese sauce (tr) to provide with a regular supply of (tr) to work actively forto serve the government (tr) to pay homage toto serve God to answer the requirements of; suitthis will serve my purpose (intr; may take an infinitive) to have a use; functionthis wood will serve to build a fire to go through (a period of service, enlistment, imprisonment, etc) (intr) (of weather, conditions, etc) to be favourable or suitable Also: service (tr) (of a male animal) to copulate with (a female animal) sport to put (the ball) into play (intr) RC Church to act as server at Mass or other services (tr) to deliver (a legal document, esp a writ or summons) to (a person) to provide (a machine, etc) with an impulse or signal for control purposes or with a continuous supply of fuel, working material, etc (tr) nautical to bind (a rope, spar, etc) with wire or fine cord to protect it from chafing, etcSee also seize (def. 8) serve a person right informal to pay a person back, esp for wrongful or foolish treatment or behaviour nounsport short for service 1 (def. 17) Australian a portion or helping of food or drink Derived forms of serveservable or serveable, adjectiveWord Origin for serveC13: from Old French servir, from Latin servīre, from servus a slave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with serve
In addition to the idioms beginning with serve - serve a purpose
- serve one right
- serve time
- serve up
also see: - break someone's serve
- first come, first served
- hand to on a silver platter (serve up on a plate)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to serveplay, handle, give, provide, distribute, deliver, hit, present, complete, attend, perform, work, accept, pass, follow, do, make, benefit, deal, oblige |