EGAVE

serve

About 55.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink). To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties. To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
  2. verb To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. verb To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
  4. verb To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
  5. verb To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.
  6. verb To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
  7. verb To treat (someone) in a given manner.
  8. verb To be suitor to; to be the lover of.

Similar words

serve up help service assist attend to function process attend swear out wait on

Often followed by

as to the in a for him on with

Word family

served serves serving

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