обслу́живать — meaning in English
obsluzhivat
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English meaning
- await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
- cater verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
- 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.
- wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
Senses
обслу́живать is used for these senses in English:
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- cater (ambitransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
- serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
- serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
- serve (transitive) To be useful to; to meet the needs of. [from 14th c.]
- wait (intransitive, stative, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
- 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.
cater — full definition
- verb To provide food and drink, typically for an event, as a professional service.
- verb To provide for or suit the needs or tastes of a particular group.