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serves up

serves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of serve up.

Meaning of serve up

Verb

serve up (third-person singular simple present serves up, present participle serving up, simple past and past participle served up)

  1. (transitive) To present (food or drink) to those who will consume it; to serve.
    • She serves up pizza at nights.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To provide; deliver; inflict; impose.
    • The cloud storage provider serves up server space.
  3. (transitive) To pitch, throw, serve, or kick a ball to an opponent so that it is easily hit or intercepted.
    • He thought he was about to score, but he served it up to the other team.

Questions about serves up

What is serves up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Serves up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of serve up.

Words near serves up in the dictionary

  1. serves someone with the same sauce
  2. serves the time
  3. serves the turn
  4. serves time
  5. serves two masters
  6. serves up
  7. serves with the colors
  8. serves with the colours
  9. servest
  10. serveth
  11. Servetian

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