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serve | book |

As nouns the difference between serve and book

is that serve is (sports) an act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games while book is book.

As a verb serve

is to provide a service .

serve

English

(wikipedia serve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
  • Whose serve is it?
  • * 1961 January 13, Marshall Smith, From Waif to a Winner, the Clown of the Courts'', '' , page 99,
  • He had no power serve of his own, no backhand, no volley, no lob, no idea of pace or tactics.
  • * 1996 , Steve Boga, Badminton , page viii,
  • The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.
  • * 2009 , Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers , page 31,
  • Against a serve of the calibre of McEnroe?s, an opponent will try to anticipate the ball?s direction and lean either to the left or to the right, depending on where he feels the server will go.
  • (chiefly, Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
  • * 2004 , Susanna Holt, Fitness Food: The Essential Guide to Eating Well and Performing Better , Murdoch Books Australia, page 23,
  • The night before your event, base your evening meal on high-carbohydrate foods with a small serve of lean protein.
  • * 2007 , Verity Campbell, Turkey , Lonely Planet, page 142,
  • Come here for a cappuccino that could hold its own on Via Veneto in Rome (€2) and a serve of their crunchy fresh cheese börek .
  • * 2008 , Michael E. Cichorski, Maximum Asthma Control: The Revolutionary 3-Step Anti Asthma Program , page 100,
  • Reintroduce protein; add a small serve of salmon, tuna or sardines every second day (tinned variety or fresh).
  • * 2011 , Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Health Committee, Alcohol: First Report of Session 2009-10 , Volume 2, page 189,
  • Smirnoff Appleback was a finished drink, comprising a 50ml serve of Smirnoff, with ice and lemonade or ginger ale and equating to 1.9 units.
  • * 2012 , Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies , Australian Edition, page 117,
  • One serve of carbohydrates is approximately equal to a slice of bread, a piece of fruit, third of a cup of cooked rice, half a cup of grains, cereals, starchy vegetables or cooked pasta, 200 grams of plain yoghurt, or 300 millilitres of milk.

    Synonyms

    * (act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play) service * (portion of food) See serving

    Antonyms

    * receive

    Verb

    (serv)
  • To provide a service.
  • #(lb) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
  • #*1889 , (Philip Schaff), translating , XIV:
  • #*:And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve .
  • #(lb) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
  • #*1716 , (Joseph Addison),
  • #*:And, truly, Mrs Abigail, I must needs say, I served' my master contentedly while he was living, but I will ' serve no man living (that is, no man that is not living) without double wages.
  • #*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=
  • #*1979 , (Bob Dylan), (Gotta Serve Somebody) :
  • #*:You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief, / They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief / But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
  • #(lb) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
  • #*2007 , Larry McMurty, When the Light Goes
  • #*:That night Annie served him grilled halibut and English peas, plus tomatoes, of course, and a salad.
  • #(lb) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
  • #*1673 , (John Milton), (On His Blindness) :
  • #*:They also serve who only stand and wait.
  • #(lb) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
  • #*2009 , Dominic A Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography , p.195:
  • #*:About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.
  • *1924 ,
  • *:I mock them all who have served me ill of late and chiefly this cheat of Judah, whose temple we have plundered and whose golden vessels are my wash-pots.
  • *, III.7:
  • *:That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue .
  • (lb) To be effective.
  • #(lb) To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
  • #*2010 October 12, Lloyd Marcus, (The Guardian)
  • #*:So, while the sycophantic liberal media calls any and all opposition to Obama racist, they give Obama carte blanche to exploit his race whenever it serves his purpose.
  • #(lb) To have a given use or purpose; to function (for) something or to do something.
  • #*2011 January 27, "Borgata bust", (The Economist)
  • #*:The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.
  • #*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=, volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered,
  • #(lb) To usefully take the place (as), (instead) of something else.
  • #*
  • #*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • #*2010 April 20, "Not up in the air", (The Economist)
  • #*:Maybe the volcanic eruption will serve as a wake-up call to such companies that they need to modernise their risk management.
  • To deliver a document.
  • #To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
  • #*2008 April, Pamela Colloff, The Fire That Time , Texas Monthly; Austin: Emmis Publishing, p.158:
  • #*:On the morning of February 28, 1993, ATF agents gathered at a staging area near Waco and prepared to serve a search warrant on the Branch Davidians' residence.
  • #To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
  • #:
  • *2007 , Rob Antoun, Women's Tennis Tactics , p.2:
  • *:In women's tennis the need to serve more effectively has become greater in recent years because the game is being played more aggressively, and rallies are becoming shorter as a result.
  • (lb) To copulate with (of male animals); to .
  • *1996 , Puck Bonnier et al., Dairy Cattle Husbandry , Agromisa Foundation 2004
  • *:Conception means that a cow is served by a bull and that she becomes pregnant.
  • (lb) To be in military service.
  • *2007 May 16, Peter Walker, (The Guardian)
  • *:Some reports suggested he would quit the army if he was not allowed to serve abroad in a war zone.
  • *1864 , (Horace Greeley), The American Conflict
  • *:John T. Greble, of the 2d regular artillery, was likewise killed instantly by a ball through the head, while serving his gun in the face of the foe.
  • (lb) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
  • *2010 December 1, Tania Branigan, (The Guardian)
  • *:The Guangzhou Daily reported that Shi Chunlong, 20, who organised the incident, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Hou Bin, who pulled out of the attack after helping to plan it, will serve 12 years.
  • (lb) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
  • Synonyms

    * (to be a servant to) attend, bestand, wait on

    Derived terms

    * serve somebody right * server * servery * service * serviced * servile

    References

    Anagrams

    * * * 1000 English basic words ----

    book

    English

    (wikipedia book)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . (cognates)Cognate with (etyl) (m), . The sense development of beech'' to ''book'' is explained by the fact that smooth gray beech bark was commonly used as bookfell.J.P. Mallory, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "beech" (London: Fitroy-Dearborn, 1997), 58.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
  • She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
    He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book .
  • A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
  • I have three copies of his first book .
  • A major division of a long work.
  • Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
    Many readers find the first book of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' to be confusing.
  • A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
  • I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
  • A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
  • a book of stamps
    a book of raffle tickets
  • The script of a musical.
  • (usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
  • A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
  • (legal) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
  • (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
  • (poker slang) four of a kindWeisenberg, Michael (2000) [http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp The Official Dictionary of Poker]. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
  • (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
  • (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=March 2 , author=Andy Campbell , title=Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers , work=BBC , url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9409758.stm , page= , passage=Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.}}
    Synonyms
    * (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material) tome (especially a large book) * booklet * tome, volume * (script of a musical) libretto * (records of the accounts of a business) accounts, records
    Derived terms
    * address book * audiobook * book account * book agent * book-answerer * book award * book-bearer * bookbinder * book-board * book-bosomed * book-bound * book-boy * book-burning * book canvasser * bookcase * book-cloth * book club * book concern * book-crab * book-credit * book-debt * book-edge gilder * book-edge marbler * book end, bookend * bookery * booketeria * book-farmer * book-folder * book-form * bookful * book-ghoul * book-gill * book hand * book-holder * bookhood * book-house * book-hunt * bookie * bookish * bookism * bookjacket * bookkeeper * bookkeeping * book-label * book-lare * book-law * book-lear * book-learned * book-learning * book-length * bookless * booklet * booklike * bookling * booklore * booklouse * book lung * bookly * bookmaker * bookmaking * bookman * bookmark, bookmarker * book match * book-mate * book-mindedness * book mite * bookmobile * book-muslin * book name * book-number * book-oath * book of first entry * book of original entry * Book of the Dead * book of the film * Book of God * book of lading * book of life * book of rates * book of reference * book of the living * book of words * book-packet * book piles * bookplate * book pocket * book-post * book-postage * book-press * book price * book prop * book-rate * book-read * bookrest * book-scorpion * bookseller * bookselling * bookshelf * bookshop * book-shy * booksie, booksy * book-slide * book-society * book-stack * bookstall * book-stamp * bookstand * bookstore * book support * booksy * book-table * book token * book trade * book-tray * book-trough * book type * book value * bookwards * book-ways * bookwise * bookwork * book-world * bookworm * book-wright * booky * bring to book * burn book * by the book * casebook * closed book * close the books * coffee-table book * comic book * cookbook * cookery book * cook the books * copybook * coursebook * e-book * exercise book * the Good Book * guidebook * handbook * hymn book * in anyone's book * in my book * in someone's bad books * in someone's good books * in the books * know like a book * logbook * make book * matchbook * notebook * off the books * on the books * open book * passbook * pension book * phrasebook * pocket-book, pocketbook * prayer book * ration book * reading book * read like a book * reference book * rough book * scrapbook * sketch book * songbook * storybook * suit one's book * take a leaf out of someone's book * talk like a book * textbook * throw the book at * without book * wordbook * workbook * yearbook
    See also
    * incunable * scroll * tome * volume

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reserve (something) for future use.
  • I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
    I can book tickets for the concert next week.
  • To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
  • They booked that message from the hill
  • (law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
  • The police booked him for driving too fast.
  • (sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
  • (slang) To travel very fast.
  • He was really booking , until he passed the speed trap.
  • To record bets as bookmaker.
  • (law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
  • The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
  • (slang) To leave.
  • He was here earlier, but he booked .
    Synonyms
    * (to reserve) reserve * (to write down) make a note of, note down, record, write down * (to travel very fast) bomb (slang), hurtle, rocket (informal), speed, shoot, whiz (informal)
    Derived terms
    * bookable * double-book * overbook * rebook * unbook * underbook

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bake)
  • Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l)

    References

    1000 English basic words ----