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serve

Definition for serve

verb as in aid, help; supply

verb as in act, do

verb as in suffice; do the work of

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Example Sentences

Logan and I seemed to be good teammates—he was scratching the surface of what would later be a nasty serve, and I liked to relive my baseball-playing glory days by diving for a loose ball whenever possible.

Nadal’s opponents can’t seem to do the same thing to him with their serve plus one.

First, when serving, he’s winning the point on his first shot after the serve, a term that in recent years has come to be called “serve plus one.”

Nadal produced eight winners and drew 17 errors from Djokovic on the serve plus one.

When Djokovic was serving, he hit six winners and drew only a single error from Nadal using his serve plus one.

Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.

Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.

Krivov was sentenced to serve four years at a general regime penal colony for his fight for freedom and human rights.

But as we are seeing all over the world, one can serve the other.

These Rules (leaving out the Tenor) serves for five bells; and leaving out the fifth and Tenor, they serve for four bells.

She had carried the baby over to Juana's and left her there, that she might be free to serve the Father's supper.

He shall serve among great men, and appear before the governor.

There are four general forms of emphasis which serve as indications of the characteristics of expression.

The lower class were idle and lazy, and willing to serve any sovereign who appealed to them by ostentation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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