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serving
     1. adj. That or who serves or serve.
           serving marines
           a serving-girl
     2. n. The action of the verb to serve.
     3. n. A portion (especially, of a meal) served to someone.
     4. n. A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
     5. v. present participle of serve
     serve
          1. n. (sports) An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
                Whose serve is it?
          2. n. (chiefly Australia) A portion of food or drink, a serving.
          3. v. (personal) To provide a service.
          4. v.          To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
          5. v.          To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.
          6. v.          To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc.
          7. v.          (intransitive) To be a servant or worker; to perform the duties of a servant or employee; to render service.
          8. v.          To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person.
          9. v. (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner.
          10. v. (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
          11. v. To be effective.
          12. v.          To be useful to; to meet the needs of.
          13. v.          (intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something.
          14. v.          (intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else.
          15. v. (transitive, legal) To deliver a document.
          16. v.          To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
          17. v.          To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)
                        to serve a witness with a subpoena
          18. v. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
          19. v. To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
          20. v. (intransitive) To be in military service.
          21. v. (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon).
          22. v. To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
          23. v. (nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
          24. v. To perform a public obligation.
                I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
warning
     1. v. present participle of warn
     2. n. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
     3. n. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
           The boss gave him a warning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour.
     4. interj. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.
     warn
          1. v. To make (someone) aware of (something impending); especially:
          2. v.          To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
                         We waved a flag to warn the oncoming traffic about the accident.
                         I phoned to warn him of the road closure.
          3. v.          To notify or inform (someone, about something).
                         I warned him he'd be getting a huge box of birthday presents from me.
          4. v.          To summon (someone) to or inform of a formal meeting or duty.
                         The sheriff warned her to appear in court.
          5. v.          (ambitransitive, of a clock, possibly, obsolete) To make a sound (e.g. clicking or whirring) indicating that it is about to strike or chime (an hour).
          6. v. To caution or admonish (someone) against unwise or unacceptable behaviour.
                He was warned against crossing the railway tracks at night.
                Don't let me catch you running in the corridor again, I warn you.
          7. v. (chiefly with "off", "away", and similar words) To advise or order to go or stay away.
                A sign warns trespassers off/away from the site.
          8. v. (intransitive) To give warning.
monitory
     1. adj. giving admonition and warning
     2. n. a written letter giving admonition
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