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Definition of Serve up
1. Verb. Provide (usually but not necessarily food). "The chefs serve up the vegetables"; "The entertainers served up a lively show"
Specialized synonyms: Plank
Related verbs: Help, Serve
Generic synonyms: Cater, Ply, Provide, Supply
Derivative terms: Dish, Dish, Dish
Definition of Serve up
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serve Up
Literary usage of Serve up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"... they postponed their departure ; and, there not being room in the ship to
serve up the presents of their friends, more than one hundred being on board, ..."
2. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"... friends coming on board with banquets, they postponed their departure ; and,
there not being room in the ship to serve up the presents of their friends, ..."
3. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"Manner of Cutting Meat to serve up.—Abhorrent Accompaniments of the Feast.—Visit
of the whole Party to the Theatre. — The Play. — Disgusting Acting. ..."
4. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1864)
"On the breaking out of the war, he accepted the position of lieutenant-colonel
of the Now York Mounted Rifles, with which regiment he continued to serve up ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1842)
"Take out your fish, pass all through a tamis over the fish, and serve up the
onions and slices of lemon with it. " Carp boiled with small Onions. ..."
6. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"Make a marmalade of three dozen sticks of rhubarb, sweetened with moist sugar ;
pass it through a hair sieve, and serve up in ..."
7. A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German by George Webbe Dasent, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1906)
"... I'll give you a cloth which will get you everything you want, if you only
say, 'Cloth, spread yourself, and serve up all kind of good dishes ! ..."
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