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Serve
Serve Serve, v. i.
1. 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.
The Lord shall give thee rest . . . from the hard
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve. --Isa. xiv.
3.
2. To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household
affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.
But Martha . . . said, Lord, dost thou not care that
my sister hath left me to serve alone? --Luke x. 40.
3. 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.
Many . . . who had before been great commanders, but
now served as private gentlemen without pay.
--Knolles.
4. To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to
be convenient or favorable.
This little brand will serve to light your fire.
--Dryden.
As occasion serves, this noble queen And prince
shall follow with a fresh supply. --Shak.
5. (Tennis) To lead off in delivering the ball.
Meaning of Serve from wikipedia
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- Soft serve is a type of ice cream that is softer and less dense than regular ice creams as a result of air being introduced during freezing. Soft serve ice...
- Serve and volley is a style of play in tennis where the player serving moves quickly towards the net after hitting a serve. The server then attempts to...
- Tanner's serve was clocked at 153 mph at Palm Springs in 1978 during the final against Raúl Ramírez. There are also reports that Bill Tilden had a serve that...
- team that won the point served in the previous point, the same player serves again. If the team that won the point did not serve the previous point, the...
- To protect and to serve may refer to: "To Protect and to Serve", the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1963, adopted by many other police...
- "To Serve Man" is episode 89 of the anthology series The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series). It originally aired on March 2, 1962 on CBS. The episode was...
- Servance is a former commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged...
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