Subserve vs. Serve
Subserveverb
To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
Subserveverb
To assist in carrying out.
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To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.
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To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
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be helpful or useful
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help to further or promote
Servenoun
(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
Servenoun
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.
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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.
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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
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deliver a document to (the addressee) in a formal manner
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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.
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operate (a gun)
Servenoun
(in tennis and other racket sports) an act of hitting the ball or shuttlecock to start play
Servenoun
a reprimand
