- nounserving (noun) · servings (plural noun)
- a quantity of food suitable for or served to one person:"a large serving of spaghetti"
verbserving (present participle)- perform duties or services for (another person or an organization):"Malcolm has served the church very faithfully"
- provide (an area or group of people) with a product or service:"a telecommunications company that serves southern New England"
- be employed as a member of the armed forces:"a military engineer who served with the army"
- 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" · "serve white wines chilled"
- present (someone) with food or drink:"Peter served them generous portions of soup" · "I'll serve you with coffee and cake"
- (of food or drink) be enough for:"the recipe serves four people"
- BRITISH ENGLISHattend to (a customer in a store):"she turned to serve the impatient customer"
- supply (goods) to a customer.
- christian churchact as a server at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- archaicplay (a trick) on (someone):"I remember the trick you served me"
- lawdeliver (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" · "a warrant was served on Jack Sherman"
- deliver a document to (someone) in a formal manner:"they were just about to serve him with a writ" · "when they served her a writ, she lit the fire with it"
- be of use in achieving or satisfying:"this book will serve a useful purpose" · "the union came into existence to serve the interests of musicians"
- be of some specified use:"sweat serves to cool down the body" · "the island's one pub serves as a cafe by day"
- function for or treat (someone) in a specified way:"the strategy served him well"
- (of a male breeding-animal) copulate with (a female).
- (in tennis and other racket sports) hit the ball or shuttlecock to begin play:"he tossed the ball up to serve" · "serve the ball onto the front wall"
- nauticalbind (a rope) with thin cord to protect or strengthen it.
- militaryoperate (a gun):"before long Lodge was the only man in his section able to serve the guns"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French servir, from Latin servire, from servus ‘slave’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- perform duties or services for (another person or an organization):work forbe in the service ofperform duties forbe employed byhave a job withbe obedient tocarry out the wishes ofbe of service tobe of use togive help togive assistance tolend a hand togive a helping hand todo a good turn tomake a contribution todo one's bit forminister tobe a member ofbe onhave/hold a place onperform duties oncarry out duties on
- present (food or drink) to someone:
- be of use in achieving or satisfying:
- be of some specified use:
- function for or treat (someone) in a specified way:
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