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Noun (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving. Verb (personal) To provide a service. (transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity. [from 12th c.] (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. [from 13th c.] (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. [from 13th c.] (intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service. [from 14th c.] (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.] (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner. [from 13th c.] (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.] To be effective. (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of. [from 14th c.] (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something. [from 14th c.] (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else. [from 14th c.] (transitive, law) To deliver a document. To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.). [from 15th c.] To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.) (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc. [from 16th c.] (transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover. [from 16th c.] (intransitive) To be in military service. [from 16th c.] (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon). [from 18th c.] (transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence). [from 19th c.] (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. To perform a public obligation. Find more words! 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