All serve synonyms
serve
S s verb serve
- ladling β a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- bodied β of or relating to the body; bodily.
- get a handle on β that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- fractured β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- lead β to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- do the honors β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- accommodate β If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- conscribe β to conscript
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- cross-breeding β the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- let in β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- live with β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- make it big β If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- housed β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- mate β a tealike South American beverage made from the dried leaves of an evergreen tree.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- lay on β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- factoring β one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- foster β to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- dope out β any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- fork over β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- mothering β a female parent.
- advantaged β A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- go with β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- handed β of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- fit in β belong
- feed β to give a fee to.
- cut the mustard β to come up to expectations
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- benefit β The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- quarterback β a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- go to town β a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- dish out β an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- ballyhooed β a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.