v02670890
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 42 |
| def | serve a purpose, role, or function |
| examples | The tree stump serves as a table The female students served as a control group This table would serve very well His freedom served him well The table functions as a desk |
| Frame - 1 | Something ----s |
| Frame - 2 | Somebody ----s |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Verb Group | service, serve |
| Hypernym | suffice, do, answer, serve |
| Derivationally related form | function → function |
| Hyponym | prelude; act as |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | function → function |
| Verb Group | service, serve |
| Hyponym | suffice, do, answer, serve |
| Hypernym | prelude; act as |
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