serve

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Number of words: 1

be sufficient
work for or be a servant to
provide (usually but not necessarily food)
spend time in prison or in a labor camp
serve a purpose, role, or function
To treat
help to some food
deliver a warrant or summons to someone
To copulate with
(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
do duty or hold offices
contribute or conduce to
be used by
devote (part of) one´s life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas
promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to
do military service
mate with
put the ball into play
To work for
To be subordinate to
To be suitor to
To wait upon
Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating
To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for
To contribute or conduce to
To answer or be (in the place of something) to
To work
To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires
To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment
To lead off in delivering (the ball)
To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather
To be a servant or a slave
To perform domestic offices
To be in service
To be of use

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