verb
- intransitive, transitive to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service)
- intransitive, transitive to serve (to be a servant for; to work for)
- intransitive to be of use, to be good for
- intransitive to serve (to usefully take the place of something else)
- intransitive to serve (to be in military service)
- intransitive, transitive to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten)
- intransitive to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.)
- reflexive to help oneself to (to take freely)