serve

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

   “Whose serve is it?”

2. isim A portion of food or drink, a serving.

   “The night before your event, base your evening meal on high-carbohydrate foods with a small serve of lean protein.”

3. isim An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).

   “That white eyeliner is such a serve.”

4. fiil To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.

   “And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve.”

5. fiil To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.

   “And truly, Mrs. Abigal, I muſt needs ſay, I ſerv'd my Maſter contentedly, vvhile he vvas living; but I vvill ſerve no Man living (that is, no Man that is not living) vvithout double VVages.”

6. fiil To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.

   “That night Annie served him grilled halibut and English peas, plus tomatoes, of course, and a salad.”

7. fiil To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties.

   “They also serve who only stand and wait.”

8. fiil To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.

   “About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.”

9. fiil To treat (someone) in a given manner.

   “Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country: VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he, England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.”

10. fiil To be suitor to; to be the lover of.

    “That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue.”

11. fiil To be useful to; to meet the needs of.

    “Will somebody please explain to these people that the values of cultural diversity are not served by an ad placing a menorah under a fucking Christmas tree!”

12. fiil To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.

    “The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.”

13. fiil To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.

    “Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.”

14. fiil To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).

    “a document served on the tenant”

15. fiil To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)

    “to serve a witness with a subpoena”

16. fiil To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.

    “In women's tennis the need to serve more effectively has become greater in recent years because the game is being played more aggressively, and rallies are becoming shorter as a result.”

17. fiil To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.

    “Conception means that a cow is served by a bull and that she becomes pregnant.”

18. fiil To be in military service.

    “Some reports suggested he would quit the army if he was not allowed to serve abroad in a war zone.”

19. fiil To work, to operate (a weapon).

    “John T. Greble, of the 2d regular artillery, was likewise killed instantly by a ball through the head, while serving his gun in the face of the foe.”

20. fiil To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).

    “The Guangzhou Daily reported that Shi Chunlong, 20, who organised the incident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Hou Bin, who pulled out of the attack after helping to plan it, will serve 12 years.”

21. fiil To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
22. fiil To perform (a public obligation).

    “I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial.”

23. fiil To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.

    “Once I began selling crack, money was no issue. I would be out 2-3 days at a time, up for 24 hours a day. It was a full time job, serving crack fiends.”