cerner — meaning in English

English meaning

• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• sieve noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.

Senses

cerner is used for these senses in English:

• 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, military) To work, to operate (a weapon). [from 18th c.]
• sieve To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

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.

sieve — full definition

1. noun A kitchen tool with a mesh bottom used to separate larger pieces from smaller ones or to drain liquid from solids.
2. noun Something, or someone, that lets too much through — a poor filter, especially for secrets or memory.
3. verb To pass something through a sieve; to sift or strain.

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