DictionaryserveProviding food or drink
verb

serve

To deliver something to its intended recipient.

The server serves a plate of food to the guest.

A server offering a plate of food to a seated guest, clear act of serving, unlettered tableware.
Etymology

The verb for attending to another’s needs developed uses for supplying or presenting something. Serving recipients means delivering what is due or intended for them.

In context

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More examples

  • We serve breakfast until ten.
  • She served each guest a glass of water.
  • A process server served him with a summons.

Forms

serve · serves · served · serving

server noun — A person who brings food to customers.

serving noun — An amount of food for one person.

Similar words

deliver
Emphasizes bringing something to a person or specified place.
provide
Emphasizes supplying what someone needs, not the delivery itself.