serving

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, serve +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#SERVING.

Pronunciation

Noun

serving (countable and uncountable, plural servings)Category:English lemmas#SERVINGCategory:English nouns#SERVINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#SERVINGCategory:English countable nouns#SERVINGCategory:English countable nouns#SERVINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SERVINGCategory:Pages with entries#SERVINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SERVING

  1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SERVING, gerund) The act or process of serving.
  2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SERVING) An instance of that act or process.
  3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SERVING) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
    Synonym: helping
  4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SERVING, by extension) A fraction or share.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 154:
      Very few Latino rock and roll bands, in the days before Santana, managed to successfully steal even a slight serving of the nation's auditory attention.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SERVING
  5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SERVING) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
    Coordinate terms: insulation, sheath, sheathingCategory:English links with manual fragments#SERVING

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

servingCategory:English non-lemma forms#SERVINGCategory:English verb forms#SERVINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SERVINGCategory:Pages with entries#SERVINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SERVING

  1. present participle and gerund of serve

Anagrams

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