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SERVE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide (usually but not necessarily food)

Example:

The entertainers served up a lively show

Synonyms:

dish; dish out; dish up; serve; serve up

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "serve up" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Verb group:

help; serve (help to some food; help with food or drink)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "serve up"):

plank (cook and serve on a plank)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs serve up the vegetables

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