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serving

/ˈsɜːvɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
  2. To treat (someone) in a given manner.
  3. To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
  4. To be effective.
  5. To deliver a document.
  6. To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
  7. The action of the verb to serve.
  8. A portion (especially, of a meal) served to someone.
  9. A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
  10. That or who serves or serve.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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