serve

Forms

1.An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
- 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.
- Against a serve of the calibre of McEnroe′s, an opponent will try to anticipate the ball′s direction and lean either to the left or to the right, depending on where he feels the server will go.
2.A portion of food or drink, a serving.
- Reintroduce protein; add a small serve of salmon, tuna or sardines every second day (tinned variety or fresh).
- The night before your event, base your evening meal on high-carbohydrate foods with a small serve of lean protein.
- Smirnoff Appleback was a finished drink, comprising a 50ml serve of Smirnoff, with ice and lemonade or ginger ale and equating to 1.9 units.
3.An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).
- That white eyeliner is such a serve.
- And, of course, there’s the video, which didn’t need to be such a serve since the song slapped so hard. But, it’s still iconic years later.
- Taking a private jet in the middle of a pandemic is not the serve you think it is KenToya! What is a serve is the hazmat jumpsuit Marlo wears for the sprinter. Fashion x Covid Safety realness.

1.To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
- They also serve who only stand and wait.
- About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.
- And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve.
2.To be effective.
- The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.
- Maybe the volcanic eruption will serve as a wake-up call to such companies that they need to modernise their risk management.
- 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!
3.To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.
- On the morning of February 28, 1993, ATF agents gathered at a staging area near Waco and prepared to serve a search warrant on the Branch Davidians' residence.
4.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.

Very common· #449

From Middle English serven

From Old French servir

From Latin serviō (“be a slave; serve”)