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serv·er
(sûr′vər)n.
1.
a. One who serves food and drink.
b. Something, such as a tray, that is used in serving food and drink.
2. An altar server.
3. Law One who serves a legal process, such as a summons or court order.
4. Sports The player who serves, as in court games.
5. Computers
a. A file server.
b. A computer that processes requests for HTML and other documents that are components of webpages.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
server
(ˈsɜːvə)n
1. a person who serves
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) chiefly RC Church a person who acts as acolyte or assists the priest at Mass
3. something that is used in serving food and drink
4. (General Sporting Terms) the player who serves in racket games
5. (Computer Science) computing a computer or program that supplies data or resources to other machines on a network
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
serv•er
(ˈsɜr vər)n.
1. a person who serves.
2. a person who waits on tables; waiter or waitress.
3. something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver.
4. a utensil, as a broad fork, for dishing out individual portions of vegetables, cake, pie, etc.
5. an attendant on the priest at mass.
6. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play.
7. a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network.
[1350–1400]
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serv·er
(sûr′vər) A computer that controls a central storage area of data that can be downloaded or manipulated by another computer.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
server
1. A computer that holds web pages and supplies them to browsers.
2. Player who opens the rally.
3. Player who strikes the ball first in a rally.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
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| Noun | 1. |  server - a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)carhop - a waiter at a drive-in restaurant dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant - someone employed to provide service in a dining room waitress - a woman waiter |
| 2. | server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point court game - an athletic game played on a court player, participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game | |
| 3. | server - (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically computer network - (computer science) a network of computers computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
| 4. | server - utensil used in serving food or drink utensil - an implement for practical use (especially in a household) |
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Translations
جِهَازُ السِيرْفَرطَقْم من الآنية تُسْتَخْدم على المائِدَهمن يَسْتَهِل الضَّرْبَة المَبدَئِيَّهمَنْ يَضْرُبُ الكُرَّة
-kapodávajícípodávající hráčserverservírovací mísa
server=-bestikbestik
tarjoilijapalvelinserveritarjotinpalvelija
poslužiteljserver
adogatószerver
sá sem á uppgjöf
サーバー
봉사자서버
podávajúci hráčservírovací vozík
serverservitör
เครื่องเซิร์ฟเวอร์ในระบบเครือข่ายผู้เสิร์ฟลูก
máy chủngười giao bóng
server
[ˈsɜːvəʳ] N1. (Rel) → monaguillo m
3. [of food] → camarero/a m/f, mesero/a m/f (LAm), mero/a m/f (Mex)
4. (Comput) → servidor m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
server
n
(= tray) → Servierbrett nt
(= spoon/fork) → Servierlöffel m, → Vorlegelöffel m → /-gabel f; (= pie server) → Tortenheber m; (= fish server) → Fischvorlegelöffel m; salad servers → Salatbesteck nt
(Eccl) → Ministrant(in), Messdiener(in) m(f)
(Comput) → Server m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
server
[ˈsɜːvəʳ] na. (Rel) → chierichetto (Tennis) → chi ha il servizio, battitore/trice
b. (piece of cutlery) → posata di servizio; (tray) → vassoio, piatto da portata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
serve
(səːv) verb1. to work for a person etc eg as a servant. He served his master for forty years.
2. to distribute food etc or supply goods. She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?
3. to be suitable for a purpose. This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.
4. to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces. He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.
5. to undergo (a prison sentence). He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.
6. in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it. He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?
noun act of serving (a ball).
ˈserver noun1. (usually in plural) a utensil used in serving food. salad servers.
2. a person who serves (a ball).
ˈserving noun a portion of food served. I had two servings of pie.
it serves you etc right you etc deserve your misfortune etc. He has done no work so it will serve him right if he fails his exam.
serve an apprenticeship to spend a (fixed) period of time as an apprentice.
serve out to distribute to each of a number of people. She served out the pudding.
serve up to start serving (a meal).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
server
→ جِهَازُ السِيرْفَر, مَنْ يَضْرُبُ الكُرَّة podávající, server server Server, Servierer διακομιστής, σέρβερ servidor palvelin, tarjoilija serveur poslužitelj, server battitore, server サーバー 봉사자, 서버 server server, serverer ministrant, serwer servidor подающий, сервер server, servitör เครื่องเซิร์ฟเวอร์ในระบบเครือข่าย, ผู้เสิร์ฟลูก servisçi, sunucu máy chủ, người giao bóng 发球员, 服务器Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009