serve
An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
Example
“Whose serve is it?”
Other meanings
An impressive presentation (especially of a person's appearance).
“That white eyeliner is such a serve.”
A portion of food or drink, a serving.
Related words
- misserve
- multiserve
- hold serve
- offer versus serve
- on serve
- second serve
- serve and volley
- single-serve
- soft serve
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "servus" (slave; servant).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “serve” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.