Synonym: assist, deliver, furnish, help, present, supply, work for. Similar words: observe, serve as, reserve, preserve, observer, nerve, serving, service. Meaning: [sɜrv /sɜːv] 
n. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play. v. 1. serve a purpose, role, or function 2. do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function 3. contribute or conduce to 4. be used by; as of a utility 5. help to some food; help with food or drink 6. provide (usually but not necessarily food) 7. devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas 8. promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to 9. spend time in prison or in a labor camp 10. work for or be a servant to 11. deliver a warrant or summons to someone 12. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity 13. do military service 14. mate with 15. put the ball into play.
n. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play. v. 1. serve a purpose, role, or function 2. do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function 3. contribute or conduce to 4. be used by; as of a utility 5. help to some food; help with food or drink 6. provide (usually but not necessarily food) 7. devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas 8. promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to 9. spend time in prison or in a labor camp 10. work for or be a servant to 11. deliver a warrant or summons to someone 12. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity 13. do military service 14. mate with 15. put the ball into play. 
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271, Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle. James Russell Lowell 
272, Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. Ralph Waldo Emerson
273, Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would. Baltasar Gracian
274, I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them. Edward Abbey
275, Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven. John Milton
276, Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. Abraham Lincoln
277, The law is vulnerable to being manipulated or abused to serve injustice, and vulture lawyers simply rape the law and prostitute justice to serve the unscrupulous and guilty for profits. Dr T.P.Chia
278, Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve.sentencedict.com Clarence Darrow
279, The law is used to serve justice. The law can also be manipulated or abused to serve injustice. Dr T.P.Chia
280, Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great? Nelson Mandela
281, It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others. Ashleigh Brilliant
282, The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer
283, Some people are quick to change their beliefs which they think no longer serve them. Dr T.P.Chia
More similar words: observe, serve as, reserve, preserve, observer, nerve, serving, service, intervention, observation, reservation, conservation, conservative, social services, curve, carve, survey, harvest, user, laser, assert, insert, series, closer, desert, nervous, surveillance, adviser, dessert, interval.