serve up (something)

1. To provide, offer, or distribute a meal or dish of food. This place serves up the best steaks in the state. The cafeteria is serving up pizza today. Every year we volunteer to serve up Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless.2. To provide or offer some experience. They serve up an authentic medieval experience that is a joy from beginning to end. He tried serving up a few jokes to engage the audience, but they all fell flat.See also: serve, up

serve something up

to distribute or deliver food for people to eat. The cook served the stew up and then passed around the bread. Can you serve up the food now?See also: serve, up

serve up

1. Dish out food, as in Next they served up some oysters. [First half of 1400s] 2. Provide, as in He served up joke after joke, delighting his audience. [First half of 1600s] also see hand to on a silver platter. See also: serve, up

serve up

v.1. To provide or offer some meal: Whenever they have guests, they always serve up a feast. That restaurant makes the best barbecue, and they serve it up every day.2. To provide or offer some sensual or emotional experience: The restaurant serves up a night to remember. A comedian serves laughs up every Wednesday night at the bar.3. To put some prepared food into a dish to be eaten: I gathered the plates and served up the potatoes. If the soup is ready, go ahead and serve it up.4. Sports To throw or kick some ball into the air in such a way that it is easily hit or intercepted: The soccer player served up a ball to her teammate, who headed it in for a goal. The pitcher served a ball up, and it was hit for a home run.See also: serve, up

单词	serve up (something)
释义	serve up (something) serve up (something) 1. To provide, offer, or distribute a meal or dish of food. This place serves up the best steaks in the state. The cafeteria is serving up pizza today. Every year we volunteer to serve up Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless.2. To provide or offer some experience. They serve up an authentic medieval experience that is a joy from beginning to end. He tried serving up a few jokes to engage the audience, but they all fell flat.See also: serve, up serve something up to distribute or deliver food for people to eat. The cook served the stew up and then passed around the bread. Can you serve up the food now?See also: serve, up serve up 1. Dish out food, as in Next they served up some oysters. [First half of 1400s] 2. Provide, as in He served up joke after joke, delighting his audience. [First half of 1600s] also see hand to on a silver platter. See also: serve, up serve up v.1. To provide or offer some meal: Whenever they have guests, they always serve up a feast. That restaurant makes the best barbecue, and they serve it up every day.2. To provide or offer some sensual or emotional experience: The restaurant serves up a night to remember. A comedian serves laughs up every Wednesday night at the bar.3. To put some prepared food into a dish to be eaten: I gathered the plates and served up the potatoes. If the soup is ready, go ahead and serve it up.4. Sports To throw or kick some ball into the air in such a way that it is easily hit or intercepted: The soccer player served up a ball to her teammate, who headed it in for a goal. The pitcher served a ball up, and it was hit for a home run.See also: serve, up
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