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"text": "Whose serve is it?",
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"ref": "1961 January 13, Marshall Smith, “From Waif to a Winner, the Clown of the Courts”, in Life, page 99:",
"text": "He had no power serve of his own, no backhand, no volley, no lob, no idea of pace or tactics.",
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"ref": "1996, Steve Boga, Badminton, page viii:",
"text": "The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.",
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"ref": "2009, Mihnea Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, Diaminds: Decoding the Mental Habits of Successful Thinkers, page 31:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2004, Susanna Holt, Fitness Food: The Essential Guide to Eating Well and Performing Better, Australia: Murdoch Books, page 23:",
"text": "The night before your event, base your evening meal on high-carbohydrate foods with a small serve of lean protein.",
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"ref": "2007, Verity Campbell, Turkey, Lonely Planet, page 142:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2008, Michael E. Cichorski, Maximum Asthma Control: The Revolutionary 3-Step Anti Asthma Program, page 100:",
"text": "Reintroduce protein; add a small serve of salmon, tuna or sardines every second day (tinned variety or fresh).",
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"ref": "2011, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Health Committee, Alcohol: First Report of Session 2009-10, volume 2, page 189:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2012, Lesley Campbell, Alan L. Rubin, Type 2 Diabetes For Dummies, Australian Edition, page 117:",
"text": "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.",
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"text": "That white eyeliner is such a serve.",
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"ref": "2019, Mathew Rodriguez, “The Official Ranking of Every Track on Britney Spears’ Debut Album”, in Out.com:",
"text": "And, of course, there’s the video, which didn’t need to be such a serve since the song slapped so hard. But, it’s still iconic years later.",
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"ref": "2021, Chris Murphy, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Allow Me To ReintroDrewce Myself”, in Vulture:",
"text": "Taking a private jet in the middle of a pandemic is not the serve you think it is KenToya! What is a serve is the hazmat jumpsuit Marlo wears for the sprinter. Fashion x Covid Safety realness.",
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{
"ref": "1889, Philip Schaff, translating St. Chrysostom, Homilies, XIV",
"text": "And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve."
}
],
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"To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity."
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"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
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],
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "skalkinōn",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "λατρεύω"
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "sèvi"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "venerare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "idolatrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 4 7 6 7 4 2 3 5 0 4 2 5 5 0 2 8 2 3 2 4 5 5",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
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{
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
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{
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "urumishiha"
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "servir"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
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"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "servir"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "služýty",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "служи́ти"
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{
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dinen",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "דינען"
}
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{
"ref": "1716, Joseph Addison, The Drummer:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:",
"text": "[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1979, Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
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],
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "shërbej"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "خَدَمَ"
},
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"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
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},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "caṙayel",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "ծառայել"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "služýcʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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"tags": [
"perfective"
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"roman": "slúža",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "服務"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fúwù",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "服务"
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{
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"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "diinan"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tjene"
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{
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "dienen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "palvella"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servî"
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{
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "servir"
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "dienen"
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "skalkinōn",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "υπηρετώ"
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"code": "ht",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sèvi"
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{
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "khilānā",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "खिलाना"
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{
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "szolgál"
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{
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"code": "izh",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "palvoa"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servire"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "essere in forza"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "operare"
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{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "lavorare per"
},
{
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"alt": "つとめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsutomeru",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "務める"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"code": "ja",
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"word": "勤務する"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "ふくむする",
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"sense": "to work for",
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geunmuhada",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "근무하다"
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bongmuhada",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "복무하다"
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{
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xizmet kirdin",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "خزمەت کردن"
},
{
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "xizmet kirin"
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{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serviō"
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{
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"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "déngen"
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{
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"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
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{
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sēvikkuka",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "സേവിക്കുക"
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{
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"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servi"
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{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tjene"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
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{
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"code": "cu",
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"roman": "služiti",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "слꙋжити"
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{
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"roman": "služiti",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "служити"
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{
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "þeġnian"
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{
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"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tajaajiluu"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "służyć"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servi"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "rm",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "rm",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "survir"
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{
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"code": "rm",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sarvir"
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{
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"code": "rm",
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"word": "sarveir"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "послужи́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "2 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 18 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabótatʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рабо́тать"
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porabótatʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "порабо́тать"
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{
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"code": "sc",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "selvire"
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serbire"
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{
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"code": "sc",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serbiri"
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{
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"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servire"
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{
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"code": "sc",
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"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serviri"
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{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
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"imperfective"
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"word": "слу́жити"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
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"imperfective"
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"word": "บริการ"
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"imperfective"
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"imperfective"
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue.",
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},
{
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"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Assamese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 2 2 8 5 6 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 3 7 2 2 7 5 8 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 1 1 14 3 2 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 4 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 6 8 1 0 11 4 4 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 27 2 0 3 5 5 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 2 2 8 5 8 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 4 5 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Cimbrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 11 3 2 6 4 8 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 1 1 11 2 2 5 4 5 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 6 9 1 1 8 5 6 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 16 2 1 3 6 6 9",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 2 2 9 4 5 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 2 4 4 5 6",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 9 2 2 6 4 11 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 2 1 1 11 2 1 4 3 4 8",
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"name": "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 1 1 9 4 7 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 5 6 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 4 5 9",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 7 5 8 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 5 5 7",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 2 2 9 4 5 2 2 3 3 5 2 2 4 3 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"name": "Terms with Friulian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 1 9 5 4 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 3 5 5 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 4 7 3 1 7 4 10 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Gothic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 4 3 2 7 5 8 2 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 1 1 12 3 2 4 3 6 5",
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"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 3 3 7 5 8 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 2 1 1 12 2 2 3 4 4 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 4 4 7 4 7 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 14 2 2 3 5 6 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 7 3 2 5 5 11 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 10 3 1 3 3 5 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 7 1 1 9 4 4 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 4 5 6 8",
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"name": "Terms with Ingrian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 1 1 9 4 6 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 20 3 1 3 4 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Interlingua translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 1 1 10 4 4 1 1 3 3 5 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 3 4 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 7 1 1 9 4 4 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 3 5 6 8",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 7 5 10 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 4 5 6",
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},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 1 1 10 4 4 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 18 3 1 4 4 5 7",
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},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 1 1 10 4 6 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 19 2 1 3 5 6 7",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 13 2 1 3 4 4 8",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 1 1 10 5 4 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 3 4 5 7",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 2 1 7 3 9 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 12 3 1 7 5 7 6",
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"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 5 8 1 1 9 4 4 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 0 27 2 1 3 4 5 8",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 8 2 2 7 5 8 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 1 13 2 2 3 4 5 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mongolian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 9 2 2 7 4 8 2 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 13 2 1 3 4 5 9",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 5 8 1 0 12 4 5 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 23 3 1 3 5 5 8",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 1 1 12 4 5 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 22 3 1 3 5 5 8",
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"name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 2 1 8 4 7 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 15 2 1 3 4 5 8",
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"name": "Terms with Occitan translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 5 9 0 0 9 4 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 28 2 0 2 5 6 9",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 1 1 7 3 10 2 1 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 14 2 2 3 5 6 7",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 5 6 4 4 6 4 9 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 11 3 3 4 5 6 6",
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"name": "Terms with Old English translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Oromo translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 13 3 1 3 3 4 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Persian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 5 2 2 7 4 7 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 13 3 2 6 4 7 5",
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"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 9 2 2 6 4 9 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 4 5 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 1 1 9 4 7 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 5 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Quechua translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 6 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 1 1 9 4 7 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 5 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Romansch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 7 1 1 9 4 4 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 3 1 1 17 3 1 3 5 6 8",
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"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 4 5 9",
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"name": "Terms with Sardinian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 4 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 13 2 1 3 4 5 9",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
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"name": "Terms with Sicilian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 13 2 1 3 4 4 8",
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"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 4 5 9",
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"name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 5 1 1 11 5 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 3 3 1 1 18 3 1 3 4 6 6",
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"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 7 1 1 9 4 7 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 5 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Swahili translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 5 5 7",
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"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 3 2 6 5 11 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 4 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 3 4 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Thai translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 8 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 14 3 1 3 5 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 15 3 2 3 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 7 2 1 8 4 7 2 1 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 1 1 16 3 1 3 5 6 7",
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"name": "Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 3 3 10 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 17 2 2 4 5 5 7",
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"name": "Terms with Venetan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 9 2 2 7 5 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 12 2 1 2 4 5 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 4 5 2 2 9 4 5 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 16 3 2 4 4 5 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 4 7 4 1 8 4 7 2 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 15 2 1 3 5 6 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010 December 1, Tania Branigan, The Guardian:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence)."
],
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"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 0 13 5 7 2 0 1 1 9 2 2 2 2 2 0 23 3 0 3 5 8 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in place of",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "istua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "purger"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "scontare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "verbéissen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "asëtzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "cumprir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "cumplir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 9 3 10 5 2 2 7 1 4 2 6 6 0 3 20 2 4 3 0 3 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "avtjäna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "to be of use",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "to be of use",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "послужи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "funcionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "tjäna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 15 4 4 1 0 1 13 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 26 3 1 4 4 5 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "fungera"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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],
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"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"spun",
"spun"
],
[
"yarn",
"yarn"
],
[
"chafing",
"chafe"
],
[
"weather",
"weather"
]
],
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"(nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 8 4 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 6 3 0 1 13 35 1 2 2 3 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podsilvam",
"sense": "to wind spun yarn",
"word": "подсилвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 8 4 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 6 3 0 1 13 35 1 2 2 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wind spun yarn",
"word": "rihmata"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She served the office of mayor five years ago.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To perform (a public obligation)."
],
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"(transitive) To perform (a public obligation)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 3 4 10 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 3 5 3 0 1 6 2 30 3 2 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform domestic offices",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 3 4 10 5 3 1 2 4 2 4 3 5 3 0 1 6 2 30 3 2 3 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sēvikkuka",
"sense": "to perform domestic offices",
"word": "സേവിക്കുക"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Stacey Green, Inside...the Mind of a Man!, page 18:",
"text": "Once I began selling crack, money was no issue. I would be out 2-3 days at a time, up for 24 hours a day. It was a full time job, serving crack fiends.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Keith Norton, Crack Spell:",
"text": "Tim told her that she could make a little money on the side by serving crack-cocaine.",
"type": "quote"
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"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "buttle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "valet"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "conserve"
},
{
"word": "deserve"
},
{
"word": "preserve"
},
{
"word": "reserve"
},
{
"word": "subserve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "attendant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "help"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1889, Philip Schaff, translating St. Chrysostom, Homilies, XIV",
"text": "And yet this is not the office of a Priest, but of Him whom the Priest should serve."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity."
],
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[
"worship",
"worship"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"(transitive) To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity."
],
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"personal",
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1716, Joseph Addison, The Drummer:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:",
"text": "[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1979, Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by."
],
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[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"(transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by."
],
"tags": [
"personal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Larry McMurty, When the Light Goes:",
"text": "That night Annie served him grilled halibut and English peas, plus tomatoes, of course, and a salad.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc."
],
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[
"wait upon",
"wait upon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"(transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc."
],
"tags": [
"personal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1673, John Milton, On His Blindness:",
"text": "They also serve who only stand and wait.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties."
],
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"factive",
"factive"
],
[
"service",
"service"
],
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"worker",
"worker"
],
[
"employee",
"employee"
],
[
"officeholder",
"officeholder"
],
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"role",
"role"
],
[
"duties",
"duties"
]
],
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"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"(intransitive, factive) To render service by being a servant, worker, employee, or officeholder; to hold those roles and perform their duties."
],
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"factive",
"intransitive",
"personal"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Dominic A Pacyga, Chicago: A Biography, page 195:",
"text": "About twenty minutes after waiters served the soup, a guest got up and left.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person."
],
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[
"set",
"set"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).",
"(transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person."
],
"tags": [
"personal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:",
"text": "Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:\nVVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,\nEngland would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1924, H. Rider Haggard, Belshazzar:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To treat (someone) in a given manner."
],
"links": [
[
"treat",
"treat"
]
],
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"(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) in a given manner."
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be suitor to; to be the lover of."
],
"links": [
[
"suitor",
"suitor"
],
[
"lover",
"lover"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of."
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1989 December 24, Read Weaver, “Xmas And The Rest Of Us”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 24, page 4:",
"text": "Will somebody please explain to these people that the values of cultural diversity are not served by an ad placing a menorah under a fucking Christmas tree!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010 October 12, Lloyd Marcus, “So much for the 'post-racial' president”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be effective.",
"To be useful to; to meet the needs of."
],
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"useful",
"useful"
]
],
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"To be effective.",
"(transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 January 27, “Borgata bust”, in The Economist:",
"text": "The bust also served to remind the public that the Mafia is not harmless.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171:",
"text": "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,[…].",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be effective.",
"To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something."
],
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[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
],
[
"function",
"function"
],
[
"for",
"for#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To be effective.",
"(intransitive) To have a given use or purpose; to function for something or to do something."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010 April 20, “Not up in the air”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Maybe the volcanic eruption will serve as a wake-up call to such companies that they need to modernise their risk management.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be effective.",
"To usefully take the place as, instead of something else."
],
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"as",
"as#English"
],
[
"instead",
"instead#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To be effective.",
"(intransitive) To usefully take the place as, instead of something else."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008 April, Pamela Colloff, “The Fire That Time”, in Texas Monthly, Austin: Emmis Publishing, page 158:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "a document served on the tenant\n(a document delivered to the tenant)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.",
"To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.)."
],
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[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, law) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.",
"To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to serve a witness with a subpoena",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.",
"To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)"
],
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[
"law",
"law#English"
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[
"deliver",
"deliver"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, law) To deliver a document in such a way that the recipient can be legally considered to be informed of it.",
"To make legal service upon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Sports"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Rob Antoun, Women's Tennis Tactics, page 2:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc."
],
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"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"lead",
"lead"
],
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"delivery",
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"net",
"net"
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"tennis",
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"volleyball",
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[
"ping pong",
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"badminton",
"badminton"
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],
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"(transitive, intransitive, sports) To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1996, Puck Bonnier et al., Dairy Cattle Husbandry, Agromisa Foundation 2004",
"text": "Conception means that a cow is served by a bull and that she becomes pregnant."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To copulate with (of male animals); to cover."
],
"links": [
[
"copulate",
"copulate"
],
[
"cover",
"cover#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To copulate with (of male animals); to cover."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 May 16, Peter Walker, The Guardian:",
"text": "Some reports suggested he would quit the army if he was not allowed to serve abroad in a war zone.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be in military service."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be in military service."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Military"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1864, Horace Greeley, The American Conflict:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To work, to operate (a weapon)."
],
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[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
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"(transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon)."
],
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"transitive"
],
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"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010 December 1, Tania Branigan, The Guardian:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence)."
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather."
],
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[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
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"spun",
"spun"
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[
"yarn",
"yarn"
],
[
"chafing",
"chafe"
],
[
"weather",
"weather"
]
],
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"(nautical) To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather."
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've received a summons for jury duty. It says I serve one day or one trial.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She served the office of mayor five years ago.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform (a public obligation)."
],
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"(transitive) To perform (a public obligation)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006, Stacey Green, Inside...the Mind of a Man!, page 18:",
"text": "Once I began selling crack, money was no issue. I would be out 2-3 days at a time, up for 24 hours a day. It was a full time job, serving crack fiends.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Keith Norton, Crack Spell:",
"text": "Tim told her that she could make a little money on the side by serving crack-cocaine.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Diana Prince, Secret Lives: Real Lives in the World’S Oldest Profession:",
"text": "They'd serve cocaine, and you'd sit there, and base this cocaine. And you'd have an ounce gone in 24 hours.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Seth Ferranti, The Supreme Team: The Birth of Crack and Hip-Hop, Prince’s Reign of Terror and the Supreme/50 Cent Beef Exposed:",
"text": "When crews like the Supreme Team saw the effect of the powerful new drug on users, they streamlined their own operation to serve crack only.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing."
],
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"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"drugs",
"drugs"
],
[
"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"crack cocaine",
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],
[
"selling",
"selling"
],
[
"dealing",
"dealing"
],
[
"distributing",
"distributing"
]
],
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"(transitive, intransitive, slang, drugs) To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"drugs",
"medicine",
"pharmacology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"African-American Vernacular English",
"English LGBTQ slang",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, John Boone, “Inside Marvel Studios: Secrets About 'Black Panther,' 'Captain Marvel,' 'Thor: Ragnarok' & More!”, in ET Online:",
"text": "[…] Angela Bassett, serving for the gods in regal headdresses and flowing white dreadlocks as T'Challa's mother, […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"To present an attractive personal appearance."
],
"links": [
[
"LGBTQ",
"LGBTQ"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
]
],
"qualifier": "LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular",
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"(LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular) To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"(intransitive) To present an attractive personal appearance."
],
"senseid": [
"en:gay slang"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"African-American Vernacular English",
"English LGBTQ slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016, Delores Shante, “Tiffany Foxx’s Black Friday”, in The St. Louis American, archived from the original on 2021-02-07:",
"text": "I feel the same way about Ashley Monroe too, who was her usual sweet self as she came through serving cleavage to the max.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2019, Alyssa Morin, “Kylie Jenner and Her BFF Stassie Pose in Matching Itty-Bitty Bikinis”, in E! Online:",
"text": "Wearing an itty-bitty black bikini and mirror-like sunnies, she's serving face.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times:",
"text": "Boasting thirteen years in the drag industry, Saki [Yew] once took a hiatus to pursue a dance career. Now, she’s back, back, back and ready to be catapulted to superstardom to serve “looks, sass and a dulled down Australian accent”.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan:",
"text": "Sabrina [Carpenter] is always serving face (and singing about it, too). So I consulted with Beth Gillette, beauty editor, on how to create the perfect makeup look to complete your Short n' Sweet fantasy.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance."
],
"links": [
[
"LGBTQ",
"LGBTQ"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"body part",
"body part"
]
],
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"(LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular) To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"(transitive) To attractively display (something, especially a body part) as part of one's personal appearance."
],
"senseid": [
"en:gay slang"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English LGBTQ slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2019, Emma Kelly, “Jennifer Aniston is ‘dating again’ and ‘staying in touch’ with ex-husband Brad Pitt”, in Metro UK:",
"text": "Serving Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia! realness, and we’re into it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Bella Gerard, “These Paris Fashion Week SS21 Couture Looks Give Me So Much Serotonin”, in Stylecaster:",
"text": "Dior’s collection was serving major Bridgerton vibes, and I am definitely taking notes.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance."
],
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[
"LGBTQ",
"LGBTQ"
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[
"slang",
"slang"
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[
"evoke",
"evoke"
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],
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"(LGBTQ slang and African-American Vernacular) To present an attractive personal appearance.",
"(transitive) To evoke (something, especially a person) with one's personal appearance."
],
"senseid": [
"en:gay slang"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɜːv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɝv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɑː(ɹ)v/",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"obsolete"
]
},
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{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to be a servant to",
"word": "attend"
},
{
"word": "bestand"
},
{
"word": "wait on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "aid"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "attend to"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "await"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "bestead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"tags": [
"British"
],
"word": "dance attendance"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"tags": [
"British",
"dated"
],
"word": "do"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"tags": [
"British",
"dated"
],
"word": "do for"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "serve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "service"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "stay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "tend"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "wait"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:serve",
"word": "wait upon"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "shërbej"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵadama",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "خَدَمَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵadam",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "خدم"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "caṙayel",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "ծառայել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "služýcʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служы́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paslužýcʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паслужы́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúža",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́жа"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "服務"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fúwù",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "服务"
},
{
"code": "cim",
"lang": "Cimbrian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "diinan"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sloužit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tjene"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "dienen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servî"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "dienen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "skalkinōn",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypiretó",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "υπηρετώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "latreúō",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "λατρεύω"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sèvi"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khilānā",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "खिलाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "szolgál"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "palvoa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "essere in forza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "lavorare per"
},
{
"alt": "つとめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsutomeru",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "務める"
},
{
"alt": "きんむする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kinmu suru",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "勤務する"
},
{
"alt": "ふくむする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fukumu suru",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "服務する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geunmuhada",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "근무하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bongmuhada",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "복무하다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xizmet kirdin",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "خزمەت کردن"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "xizmet kirin"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serviō"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "déngen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "služi",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sēvikkuka",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "സേവിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mfe",
"lang": "Mauritian Creole",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tjene"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "služiti",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слꙋжити"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "služiti",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служити"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "þeġnian"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "tajaajiluu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "służyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servi"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "survir"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sarvir"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sarveir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "послужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabótatʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porabótatʹ",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "порабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "selvire"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serbire"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serbiri"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serviri"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "слу́жити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slúžiti"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sèrviri"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sirviri"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "sièrviri"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slúžiť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "služiti"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "słužyś"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "słužić"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "serva"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bɔɔ-rí-gaan",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "บริการ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "služýty",
"sense": "to work for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ти"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetan",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "phục vụ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dinen",
"sense": "to work for",
"word": "דינען"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "služa",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "служа"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "skalkinōn",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "latreúō",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "λατρεύω"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "sèvi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "venerare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "idolatrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "obbedire"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "oboedio"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "urumishiha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "послужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "služýty",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "служи́ти"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "dinen",
"sense": "religion: to obey and worship",
"word": "דינען"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "caṙayel",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "ծառայել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podčinen sǎm",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "подчинен съм"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "tjene"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "avustaa"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "skalkinōn",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "послужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabótatʹ",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porabótatʹ",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "порабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be subordinate to",
"word": "tjäna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be suitor to",
"word": "kosia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be suitor to",
"word": "kosiskella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be suitor to",
"word": "attendere"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be suitor to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be suitor to",
"word": "uppvakta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obslužvam",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "обслужвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "serveren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "servi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "tarjoilla"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "attendere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "badare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "occuparsi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "prosum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "serviō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "servi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslúživatʹ",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслу́живать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obslužítʹ",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обслужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obsluhóvuvaty",
"sense": "to attend, supply the wants of",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обслуго́вувати"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaddama",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "قَدَّمَ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "barha",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"Central"
],
"word": "বাঢ়া"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "borha",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"Eastern"
],
"word": "বঢ়া"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "around",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abnósicʹ",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "абно́сіць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abnjésci",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "абне́сці"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "serviram",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "сервирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàngcài",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "上菜"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "podávat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servírovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "opdienen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "serveren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "tarjoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "tarjota"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servieren"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diakonéō",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "διακονέω"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khilānā",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "खिलाना"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dasu",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "出す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "noboseru",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "のぼせる"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑmraə",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "បម្រើ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jegonghada",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "제공하다"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "zerwéieren"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "tuari"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "upvahua"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servere"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "þeġnian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "serv kardan",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "سرو کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "serwować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "podawać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "qaray"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podavátʹ",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podátʹ",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пода́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "servera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "servis etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "servis yapmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "podaváty",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "подава́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obsluhóvuvaty",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "обслуго́вувати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "phục vụ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to bring food to",
"word": "lên món"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to set down on a table to be eaten or drunk",
"word": "dapino"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to set down on a table to be eaten or drunk",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "služa",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "служа"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "當"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāng",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "当"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "ottemperare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "adempiere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "služítʹ",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslužítʹ",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "послужи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "desempeñar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "fungir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to perform duties",
"word": "tjäna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to contribute, promote",
"word": "hoitaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act in place of",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to treat (someone)",
"word": "kohdella"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to treat (someone)",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otbivam voenna služba",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "отбивам военна служба"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "essere in forza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "militō"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "operar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "cernir"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military: to work or operate",
"word": "cerner"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vrǎčvam",
"sense": "legal: to bring to notice, deliver, or execute",
"word": "връчвам"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "legal: to bring to notice, deliver, or execute",
"word": "saattaa tietoon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "legal: to bring to notice, deliver, or execute",
"word": "signifier"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vručáty",
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],
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"sense": "legal: to bring to notice, deliver, or execute",
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],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make legal service on (someone)",
"word": "toimittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make legal service on (someone)",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make legal service on (someone)",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "istua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "purger"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "scontare"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "verbéissen"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "asëtzen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "cumprir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "cumplir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to spend time (of punishment)",
"word": "avtjäna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to copulate (of animals)",
"word": "astua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to copulate (of animals)",
"word": "coprire"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "serviram",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "сервирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "sacar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "podat"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "serva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "syöttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servir"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "sacar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "aufschlagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "den Aufschlag haben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "adogat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "szervál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "battere"
},
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "serve"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "sørve"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "sacar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servir"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "servir"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "serva"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)",
"word": "serfio"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podsilvam",
"sense": "to wind spun yarn",
"word": "подсилвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wind spun yarn",
"word": "rihmata"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵadama",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "خَدَمَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sluga sǎm",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "слуга съм"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "palvella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "servir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "dienen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "servire"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "servio"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to be a servant",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "служи́ть"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to be a servant",
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],
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "sevir"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "kutumika"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be a servant",
"word": "tjäna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform domestic offices",
"word": "palvella"
},
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
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"word": "സേവിക്കുക"
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"code": "ar",
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"word": "خَدَمَ"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be in service",
"word": "palvella"
},
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"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
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"word": "sluužia"
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"code": "la",
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"code": "ml",
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "toimia"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "funcionar"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to be of use",
"word": "tjäna"
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Download raw JSONL data for serve meaning in All languages combined (84.0kB)
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