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