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.
To be subordinate to; to act a secondary
part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.
To be suitor to; to profess love to.
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.
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.
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.
To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to
be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's
turn.
To answer or be (in the place of something)
to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
To treat; to behave one's self to; to
requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
To work; to operate; as, to serve
the guns.
To bring
to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in
such manner as the law requires; as, to
serve a summons.
To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of
punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse
serves a mare; -- said of the male.
To lead off in delivering
(the ball).
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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