To attend or wait upon; act as servant to; work for; be in the employment of as a slave, domestic, hired helper, or the like.To render spiritual obedience and worship to; conform to the law and do the will of.To be subordinate or subservient to; minister to.To wait on or attend in the services of the table or at meals.To bring forward and place or arrange, as viands or food on a table: often with up, formerly with forth or in.To administer the service of; perform the duties required for: as, a curate may serve two churches.To contribute or conduce to; promote.To aid by good offices; minister to the wants or well-being of.To be of use to instead of something else: with for: as, a sofa may serve one for a bed.To regulate one's conduct in accordance with the spirit, fashion, or demands of; comply with.To behave toward; treat; requite: as, he served me very shabbily.To suffice; satisfy; content.To be of use or service to; answer the requirements of; avail.To be a professed lover of; be a suitor to.To handle; manipulate; work; manage: as, the guns were well served.Nautical, to bind or wind tightly with small cord, generally spun-yarn or marline: as, to serve a backstay.In law, to deliver or send to; present to in due form; communicate by delivery or by reading, according to different methods prescribed by different laws: often with on or upon before the person: as, to serve a notice upon a tenant.To supply; furnish: usually said of regular and continuous supply: as, a newsman serves families with papers; a reservoir serves a town with water.To earn.To copulate with; cover: used of male animals, as stallions, jacks, or bulls, kept for breeding purposes at a price.To deliver, as a ball, in the manner of the first player in tennis or lawn-tennis, or the pitcher in base-ball: as, he served a swift ball.To deserve.Synonyms To labor for, attend, aid, assist, help.To advance, forward, benefit.To be or act as a servant or attendant; be employed in services or ministrations for another: formerly with to.SpecificallyTo perform domestic offices for another; wait upon one as a servant.To discharge the duties of an office or employment; do duty in any capacity under authority, especially as a soldier or seaman.To be in subjection or servitude.Eccles., to act as server at the celebration of the eucharist. See server, 1 .To answer the purpose; accomplish the end; avail; be sufficient; suffice: often followed by a present infinitive of purpose.To suit; be convenient; be favorable: said especially of a favoring wind or current.To be a professed lover or suitor.To deliver or bat the ball, as done by the player who leads off in tennis or lawn-tennis.n. In tennis or lawn-tennis:n. The act of the first player in striking the ball, or the style in which the ball is then delivered: as, a good serve.n. The right of hitting or delivering the ball first: as, it is my serve.n. The service-tree.n. The fruit of the service-tree.