Serve

Quick meaning: Serve is a noun meaning (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

Meaning

(sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.

More Meanings

1. (gay slang and African-American Vernacular) An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).
2. (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
3. (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
4. (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
5. To be effective.
6. (transitive, law) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
7. (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.

Example Sentences

Whose serve is it?

The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.

He had no power serve of his own, no backhand, no volley, no lob, no idea of pace or tactics.

Reintroduce protein; add a small serve of salmon, tuna or sardines every second day (tinned variety or fresh).

Word Forms

• serves
• serving
• served

Synonyms for serve

Depending on context, synonyms include service, serving, attend, bestand, aid, await.

Antonyms for serve

Common opposites include receive, govern, order, rule.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include help, service, function, process, attend, dish.

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