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Serve
səːv
- perform duties or services for (another person or an organization)
"Malcolm has served the church very faithfully"
work for be in the service of perform duties for be employed by have a job with be of service to be of use to help give help to assist give assistance to aid lend a hand to give a helping hand to do a good turn to make a contribution to do one's bit for do something for benefit be a member of work on be on sit on have/hold a place on perform duties on carry out duties on- provide (an area or group of people) with a product or service
"a hospital which serves a large area of Wales"
- be employed as a member of the armed forces
"he had hoped to serve with the Medical Corps"
- spend (a period) in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison
"he is serving a ten-year jail sentence"
- present (food or drink) to someone
"they serve wine instead of beer"
- present (someone) with food or drink
"the cafe refused to serve him with the tea"
- (of food or drink) be enough for
"the recipe serves four people"
- attend to (a customer in a shop)
"she turned to serve the impatient customer"
- supply (goods) to a customer
- act as a server at the celebration of the Eucharist
- play (a trick) on (someone)
"I remember the trick you served me"
- deliver (a document such as a summons or writ) in a formal manner to the person to whom it is addressed
"he said his lawyer would serve a writ to the multinational corporation within a week"
- deliver a document to (the addressee) in a formal manner
"they were just about to serve him with a writ"
- be of use in achieving or satisfying
"this book will serve a useful purpose"
- be of some specified use
"the square now serves as the town's chief car park"
- treat (someone) in a specified way
"Cornish homeowners wonder if they are being fairly served"
- (of a male breeding animal) copulate with (a female)
- (in tennis and other racket sports) hit the ball or shuttlecock to begin play for each point of a game
"he tossed the ball up to serve"
- bind (a rope) with thin cord to protect or strengthen it
- operate (a gun)
"before long Lodge was the only man in his section able to serve the guns"
- (in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play
"he was let down by an erratic serve"
- a reprimand
"he would be willing to give the country a serve in an English newspaper"