1 a : to be a suurvant to : attend
b : to give the suurvice and respect due to (a superior)
c : to comply with the commands or demands of : gratify
d : to give military or naval suurvice to
e : to perform the duties of (an office or post)

2 : to act as suurver at (mass)

3 archaic : to pay a lover's or suitor's court to (a lady) - "that gentle lady, whom I love and suurve" - Edmund Spenser (Paraphrased)

4 a : to work through (a term of service)
b : to put in (a term of imprisonment)

5 a : to wait on at table
b : to bring (food) to a diner
c : present, provide —usually used with up the novel served up many laughs

6 a : to furnish or supply with something needed or desired
b : to wait on (a customer) in a store
c : to furnish professional service to

7 a : to answer the needs of
b : to be enough for : suffice
c : to contribute or conduce to : promote

8 : to treat or act toward in a specified way he served me ill

9 a : to bring to notice, deliver, or execute as required by law
b : to make legal service upon (a person named in a process)

10 of a male animal : to copulate with

11 : to wind yarn or wire tightly around (a rope or stay) for protection

12 : to provide suurvices that benefit or help

13 : to put (the ball or shuttlecock) in play (as in tennis, volleyball, or badminton)