Word Meanings - SERVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf. Conserve, Desert merit, 1. To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service

Additional info about word: SERVE

a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf. Conserve, Desert merit, 1. 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. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit. Rom. i. 9. Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. Gen. xxix. 18. No man can serve two masters. Matt. vi. 24. Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. Shak. 2. To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to. Bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright. Milton. 3. To be suitor to; to profess love to. To serve a lady in his beste wise. Chaucer. 4. 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. Others, pampered in their shameless pride, Are served in plate and in their chariots ride. Dryden. 5. 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. Bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner. Shak. Some part he roasts, then serves it up so dressed. Dryde. 6. 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. 7. To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn. Turn it into some advantage, by observing where it can serve another end. Jer. Taylor. 8. To answer or be to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch. 9. To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill. 10. To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SERVE)

• Accommodate
• Convenience
• oblige
• adapt
• supply
• reconcile
• suit
• fit
• adjust
• furnish
• serve
• harmonize
• Attend
• Listen
• heed
• notice
• observe
• wait on
• mind
• watch
• accompany
• consort
• follow
• imply
• involve
• Bestead Convenience
• uphold
• assist
• accommodate
• benefit
• Officiate
• Act
• perform
• Suit Fit
• match
• apportion
• befit
• beseem
• tally
• correspond
• answer
• comport
• please
• agree
• become
• accord

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SERVE)

• Avoid
• abandon
• excommunicate
• blackball
• banish
• exclude

Related words: (words related to SERVE)

• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• CONVENIENCE; CONVENIENCY
  1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety. Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak. With all brief and plain conveniency,
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• CONSORTSHIP
  The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.
• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• WATCHET
  Pale or light blue. "Watchet mantles." Spenser. Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden.
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• CONSORT
  A ship keeping company with another. 3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare. Take it singly, and is carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest,
• BESEEMING
  1. Appearance; look; garb. I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. 2. Comeliness. Baret.
• TALLYHO
  1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.
• WATCHDOG
  A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
• WATCHHOUSE
  1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• INVOLVEDNESS
  The state of being involved.
• ASSIST
  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• FOLLOWING EDGE
  See ABOVE
• LISTEN
  hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosen to listen, Gr. loud. sq. 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion
• LISTENER
  One who listens; a hearkener.
• DISSERVE
  To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym:
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• INCORRESPONDENCE; INCORRESPONDENCY
  Want of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion.
• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.