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eptilian, devilish, wily, cunning, conniving, sneaky, shrewd,
artful, crafty, slick, sly, insidious, shifty, tricky, scheming,
plotting, Machiavellian: With serpentine deceit she swore that
she had returned the ring. 2 twisting, winding, tortuous,
snaking, snakelike, sinuous, anfractuous, roundabout,
meandering, ambagious, indirect, devious, crooked, labyrinthine,
vermicular, vermiculate, complex, complicated, Byzantine: The
amulet was traced through a serpentine trail of ownership back
to Xerxes.
serrated adj. sawlike, saw-shaped, sawtoothed, toothed, notched, zigzag,
jagged, serrate, serriform, serratiform, serrulate(d),
crenellated, crenulate, crenate, denticulate: A knife with a
serrated edge would cut the meat more easily.
serried adj. ranked, tiered, row on row, ranged, assembled, packed,
close, compacted, compact: The serried army of brightly clad
warriors stretched as far as the eye could see.
servant n. 1 domestic (servant), help, retainer; maid, maidservant,
parlour-maid, upstairs maid, lady's maid, cleaner, cleaning man,
cleaning woman, amah; housekeeper, chatelaine, major-domo,
factotum, steward, seneschal, butler, houseman, houseboy, boy,
page; valet, man, gentleman's gentleman, manservant,
serving-man, footman, foot-boy, chauffeur, driver, attendant,
groom; governess, au pair (girl), nurse, nursemaid, ayah; cook,
chef, waiter, waitress, stewardess, wine steward, sommelier (des
vins); menial, lackey, dogsbody, Archaic servitor, Historical
coachman, postilion, serving-woman, serving-girl, servant-girl,
serving-wench, scullery-maid, scullion, Literary cup-boy,
Ganymede, Chiefly Brit nanny, Brit boots, charwoman, charlady,
daily, tweeny, US scrubwoman: Who can afford to keep domestic
servants these days? 2 civil servant. civil-service employee or
worker, public servant, (government or State) official,
office-holder, government worker: In his capacity as a civil
servant, Richard has worked for several different governments.
serve v. 1 attend (to), wait on or upon, minister to, look after (the
needs of), be at (someone's) beck and call, assist, help, be of
assistance or help, be in the service of, oblige, accommodate,
gratify: After a patron is seated and settled, approach him and
ask, 'May I serve you, Sir (or Madam, as the case may be ) ?' We
serve all customers with equal consideration. 2 fulfil or carry