Definitions For Serve

noun

• (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
• The act or action of throwing a ball into the air and hitting it over a net to start play in tennis, volleyball, etc.

verb

• Put the ball into play
• Do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function
• Provide (usually but not necessarily food)
• Help to some food; help with food or drink
• Mate with
• Deliver a warrant or summons to someone
• Do military service
• Work for or be a servant to
• Be used by; as of a utility
• Devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
• Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
• Contribute or conduce to
• Promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
• Serve a purpose, role, or function
• Spend time in prison or in a labor camp
• To give (food or drink) to someone at a meal, in a restaurant, etc.
• To give food or drink to (someone)
• To be enough food for (a particular number of people)