Serve vs. Service
Servenoun
(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
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A portion of food or drink, a serving.
Serveverb
(personal) To provide a service.
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(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
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(transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
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(transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
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(intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
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(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
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To treat (someone) in a given manner.
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To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
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To be effective.
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(transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
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(intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
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(intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
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To deliver a document.
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To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
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To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
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To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
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(transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
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(intransitive) To be in military service.
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To work, to operate (a weapon).
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(transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
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(nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
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To perform a public obligation.
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To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.
Serveverb
To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.
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To be suitor to; to profess love to.
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To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.
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Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; - often with up; formerly with in.
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To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.
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To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.
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To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
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To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
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To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
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To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
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To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
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To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; - said of the male.
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To lead off in delivering (the ball).
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To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.
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To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.
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To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.
Serveverb
To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.
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To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.
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To lead off in delivering the ball.
Servenoun
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;
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serve a purpose, role, or function;
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do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function;
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contribute or conduce to;
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be used by; as of a utility;
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help to some food; help with food or drink;
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provide (usually but not necessarily food);
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devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas;
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promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to;
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spend time in prison or in a labor camp;
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work for or be a servant to;
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deliver a warrant or summons to someone;
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be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;
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do military service;
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mate with;
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put the ball into play;
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perform duties or services for (another person or an organization)
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provide (an area or group of people) with a product or service
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be employed as a member of the armed forces
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spend (a period) in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison
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present (food or drink) to someone
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present (someone) with food or drink
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(of food or drink) be enough for
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attend to (a customer in a shop)
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supply (goods) to a customer.
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act as a server at the celebration of the Eucharist.
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play (a trick) on (someone)
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deliver (a document such as a summons or writ) in a formal manner to the person to whom it is addressed
Serveverb
deliver a document to (the addressee) in a formal manner
Serveverb
be of use in achieving or satisfying
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be of some specified use
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treat (someone) in a specified way
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(of a male breeding animal) copulate with (a female).
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(in tennis and other racket sports) hit the ball or shuttlecock to begin play for each point of a game
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win the final game of a set or match while serving
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bind (a rope) with thin cord to protect or strengthen it.
Serveverb
operate (a gun)
Servenoun
(in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play
Servenoun
a reprimand
Servicenoun
An act of being of assistance to someone.
Servicenoun
(economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
Servicenoun
A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
Servicenoun
(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
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The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
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The military.
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A set of dishes or utensils.
Servicenoun
(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
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A religious rite or ritual.
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(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
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A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
Servicenoun
A musical composition for use in churches.
Servicenoun
(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
Servicenoun
(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
Serviceverb
(transitive) To serve.
Serviceverb
(transitive) To perform maintenance.
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To inseminate through sexual intercourse
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To perform a sexual act.
Servicenoun
A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
Servicenoun
The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.
Servicenoun
The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.
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Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
Servicenoun
Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
Servicenoun
Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
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Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
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Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
Servicenoun
The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
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The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpŒna or an attachment.
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The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
Servicenoun
The act of serving the ball.
Servicenoun
Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
Servicenoun
work done by one person or group that benefits another;
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a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
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the act of public worship following prescribed rules;
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an act of help or assistance;
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employment in or work for another;
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a force that is a branch of the armed forces
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the performance of duties by a waiter or servant;
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periodic maintenance on a car or machine;
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tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Servicenoun
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;
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the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone;
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Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)
Servicenoun
a means of serving;
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the act of mating by male animals;
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(law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
Serviceverb
be used by; as of a utility;
Serviceverb
make fit for use;
Serviceverb
mate with;
Servicenoun
the action of helping or doing work for someone
Servicenoun
an act of assistance
Servicenoun
assistance or advice given to customers during and after the sale of goods
Servicenoun
the action of serving food and drinks to customers
Servicenoun
short for service charge
Servicenoun
a period of employment with a company or organization
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employment as a servant
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the use which can be made of a machine
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a system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water
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a public department or organization run by the state
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the armed forces
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an area with parking beside a major road supplying petrol, refreshments, and other amenities to motorists.
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a ceremony of religious worship according to a prescribed form
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a periodic routine inspection and maintenance of a vehicle or other machine
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a set of matching crockery used for serving a particular meal
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(in tennis and other racket sports) the action or right of serving to begin play.
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a serve.
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the formal delivery of a document such as a writ or summons.
Serviceverb
perform routine maintenance or repair work on (a vehicle or machine)
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supply and maintain systems for public utilities and transport and communications in (an area)
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perform a service or services for (someone)
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pay interest on (a debt)
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(of a male animal) mate with (a female animal)
Serviceverb
have sexual intercourse with or give sexual gratification to (someone).
