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Serve

noun
Word Frequency: 55.9

Definitions

1.nounAn act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
"Whose serve is it?"
2.nounA portion of food or drink, a serving.
3.verb(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
4.verbTo treat (someone) in a given manner.
5.verbTo be suitor to; to be the lover of.
6.verbTo be effective.
7.verbTo deliver a document.
8.verbTo lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
9.verbTo copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
10.verbTo be in military service.
11.verbTo work, to operate (a weapon).
12.verbTo work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
13.verbTo wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
14.verbTo perform (a public obligation).
"I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial."
15.verbTo provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.

Synonyms

serviceservingattendbestandwait onserve uphelpassistattend tofunctionprocessswear out

Antonyms

receive

Rhymes With

observepreservevervecurveoeuvreswervenerveconserve
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