serve
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Synonyms: sere, verve, swerve, nerve, terve, serge, sarve, servo, servee, seve, kerve
Antonyms: sere, verve, swerve, nerve, terve, serge, sarve, servo, servee, seve, kerve
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Verb
- {{lb|en|personal}} {{non-gloss|To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).}}
- {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[treat]] (someone) in a given manner. {{defdate|from 13th c.}}
- {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To be [[suitor]] to; to be the [[lover]] of. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
- {{non-gloss|To be effective.}}
- {{lb|en|transitive|law}} To [[deliver]] a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
- {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|sports}} To [[lead]] off with the first [[delivery]] over the [[net]] in [[tennis]], [[volleyball]], [[ping pong]], [[badminton]] etc. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[copulate]] with (of male animals); to [[cover#Verb|cover]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be in [[military]] service. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
- {{lb|en|transitive|military}} To [[work]], to operate (a weapon). {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[work]] through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence). {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
- {{lb|en|nautical}} To wind [[spun]] [[yarn]] etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from [[chafe|chafing]] or from the [[weather]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To perform (a public obligation).
Noun
- {{lb|en|sports}} An act of putting the [[ball]] or [[shuttlecock]] in play in various games.
- {{lb|en|chiefly|Australia}} A [[portion]] of food or drink, a [[serving]].
- {{lb|en|gay slang|and|AAVE}} An impressive [[presentation]] (especially of a person's appearance).
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