служи́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• minister noun A politician who heads a government department.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• soldier noun A person who serves in an army, especially one who is not an officer.

Senses

служи́ть is used for these senses in English:

• minister (intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
• serve (transitive) To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by. [from 13th c.]
• 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.]
• 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.]
• soldier (intransitive) To serve as a soldier.
• 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.

minister — full definition

1. noun A politician who heads a government department.
2. noun A member of the clergy, especially in a Protestant church, authorized to lead worship and provide pastoral care.
3. verb To attend to someone's needs or provide care and help.

serve — full definition

1. verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
2. verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
3. verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
4. verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
5. noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.

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