serving

noun

/ˈsɜːvɪŋ/UK/ˈsɝvɪŋ/US

Etymology

By surface analysis, serve + -ing.

Definitions

The act or process of serving.
An instance of that act or process.
The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting
The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
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1. 4
  A fraction or share.
  - 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.
2. A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
3. present participle and gerund of serve

The neighborhood

Derived

multiserving, nonserving, process-serving, self-serving, serving dish, serving girl, serving hatch, servingmaid, serving mallet, servingman, serving pantry, serving spoon, serving suggestion, servingware, servingwoman

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at serving. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at serving. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at serving

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA