serve

A jump serve in a game of volleyball

Meanings

To treat (someone) in a given manner.
To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
To deliver a document.
To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
To be in military service.
To work, to operate (a weapon).
To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
To perform (a public obligation).
To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.
To present an attractive personal appearance.

From Middle English serven, from Middle French servir, from Old French, from Latin serviō ("be a slave; serve"), from Latin servus ("slave; servant"), which perhaps derives from Etruscan (compare Etruscan proper names 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌉, 𐌔𐌄𐌓𐌅𐌄), or from Proto-Indo-European *ser-.

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