[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to act as a servant .Synonyms: attend", "to wait on table, as a waiter.Synonyms: attend", "to offer or have a meal or refreshments available, as for patrons or guests:Come early, we're serving at six.", "to offer or distribute a portion or portions of food or a beverage, as a host or hostess:It was her turn to serve at the faculty tea.", "to render assistance; be of use; help.Synonyms: succor , aid", "to go through a term of service ,do duty as a soldier, sailor, senator, juror, etc.", "to have definite use:This cup will serve as a sugar bowl.", "to answer the purpose:That will serve to explain my actions.", "(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to put the ball or shuttlecock in play with a stroke, swing, or hit.", "to be favorable, suitable, or convenient, as weather or time.", "Ecclesiastical.to act as a server ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to be in the service of; work for.", "to be useful or of service to; help.", "to go through (a term of service, imprisonment, etc.).", "to render active service to (a sovereign, commander, etc.).", "to render obedience or homage to (God, a sovereign, etc.).", "to perform the duties of (a position, an office, etc.):to serve his mayoralty.", "to answer the requirements of; suffice:This will serve our needs for the moment.", "to contribute to; promote:to serve a cause.", "to wait upon at table; act as a waiter or waitress to.", "to carry and distribute (portions of food or drink) to a patron or a specific table, as a waiter or waitress.", "to act as a host or hostess in offering (a person) a portion of food or drink:May I serve you with some tea and cake?", "to act as a host or hostess in offering or distributing (a portion or portions of food or drink) to another:They served tea and cake to their guests.", "to provide with a regular or continuous supply of something.", "(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) to put (the ball or shuttlecock) in play.", "to treat in a specified manner:That served him ill.", "Law.to make legal delivery of (a process or writ).to present (a person) with a writ.", "to make legal delivery of (a process or writ).", "to present (a person) with a writ.", "to gratify (desire, wants, needs, etc.).", "(of a male animal) to mate with; service.", "to operate or keep in action (a gun, artillery, etc.).", "Nautical.to wrap (a rope) tightly with small stuff, keeping the turns as close together as possible."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis."]}]