palvella — meaning in English
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English meaning
- administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
- await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
- serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- service noun Work done to help or benefit someone, or the act of providing this.
- tend verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.
Senses
palvella is used for these senses in English:
- administer (transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- serve (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. [from 13th c.]
- service (transitive) To serve.
- tend To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
- wait on To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
administer — full definition
- verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
- verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.