Service ¹

Definition: Alt. of Service

Service ²

Definition: A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

Service ³

Definition: The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

Service ⁴

Definition: Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

Service ⁵

Definition: Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

Service ⁶

Definition: Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

Service ⁷

Definition: Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

Service ⁸

Definition: Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

Service ⁹

Definition: The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

Service ¹⁰

Definition: The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.

Service ¹¹

Definition: The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

Service ¹²

Definition: The act of serving the ball.

Service ¹³

Definition: Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t.,

service ¹⁴

Definition: the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service"

service ¹⁵

Definition: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"

service ¹⁶

Definition: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"

service ¹⁷

Definition: (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game"

service ¹⁸

Definition: work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"

service ¹⁹

Definition: (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

service ²⁰

Definition: employment in or work for another; "he retired after years of service"

service ²¹

Definition: the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees"

service ²²

Definition: the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"

service ²³

Definition: an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"

service ²⁴

Definition: tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

service ²⁵

Definition: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there''s no help for it"

service ²⁶

Definition: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

service ²⁷

Definition: a force that is a branch of the armed forces

Service ²⁸

Definition: Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory

service ²⁹

Definition: make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"

service ³⁰

Definition: mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"

service ³¹

Definition: be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses"