to attend to (customers) in a shop, restaurant etc; to offer (food) to people; to be satisfactory (for a need or purpose)
aid, help; supply
Cases of word usage
1) a container with a wide flat bottom, used to serve food (dish)
2) an object made to look like and serve the purpose of the real person or thing (dummy)
3) working only for money or power; a soldier paid to serve in a foreign army (mercenary)
4) to cause (something) to act or serve for a purpose; to have the use of a supply (until nothing is left); to behave towards (a person) (use)