serve
/sɜːv/verb
उच्चारण सर्व
परोसना; सेवा करना; काम आना; (सज़ा) काटना
Basic word
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[T, I]
to give somebody food or drink, for example at a meal; to work or perform duties for a person, an organization, a country; to be useful for a particular purpose; to spend a period of time in prison; (in tennis) to start playing by throwing the ball and hitting it
परोसना; सेवा करना; काम आना; (सज़ा) काटना
- Serve the tea.
- She served in the army.
- It serves no purpose.
+ 4 more examples
- serve a sentence
- The waiter served us tea and biscuits.
- Her grandfather served in the navy for twenty years.
- The old bridge still serves the whole village.
→Phrasal verbs 1
serve sth up
to put food onto plates and give it to people
(खाना) थालियों में परोसना
- Mum served up a delicious dinner.
- Could you serve up the rice, please?
?Which word?
Keep the help words: serve, assist, attend to, minister to (formal, care for), wait on.
सहायता के शब्द याद रखिए: serve, assist, attend to, minister to (औपचारिक, देखभाल करना), wait on।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
It serves you right (you deserve this bad thing because of what you did), serve two masters (support two opposing groups at the same time), first come, first served, serve a purpose (be useful), serve notice (give an official warning).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: it serves you right (अपने किए के कारण आप इस बुरी चीज़ के हक़दार हैं, जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी), serve two masters (एक साथ दो विरोधी पक्षों का समर्थन करना), first come, first served, serve a purpose (उपयोगी होना), serve notice (आधिकारिक चेतावनी देना)।
Civil servant (a person who works for the government), self-service, serve time (spend time in prison).
Collocations: civil servant (सरकार के लिए काम करने वाला, लोक सेवक), self-service, serve time (जेल में समय बिताना)।