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serve

Main Entry:: serve
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: served, serving
Language:: English

intransitive verb

1 : servir <to serve in the navy : servir en la armada> <to serve on a jury : ser miembro de un jurado> 2 do, function : servir <to serve as : servir de, servir como> 3 : sacar (en deportes)

transitive verb

1 : servir <to serve God : servir a Dios> 2 help : servir <it serves no purpose : no sirve para nada> 3 : servir (comida o bebida) <dinner is served : la cena está servida> 4 supply : abastecer 5 carry out : cumplir, hacer <to serve time : servir una pena> 6 to serve a summons : entregar una citación

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