serving

IPA: sˈɝvɪŋ

(uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
(countable) An instance of that act or process.
(countable) The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal.
(countable, by extension) A fraction or share.
(countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.

Examples of "serving" in Sentences

Is that what you call serving our noble and austere cause?
Most dish up one to two cups of pasta with a meal; a serving is a half-cup.
"That knowledge has grown even more during my term serving on the board," he said.
LOVE: We're talking portion control, have fruit about a baseball sized portion or a cup is what we call a serving goal on a fruit serving.
The polyphony of David Lang's "For Love Is Strong" grew denser throughout the piece, with the words of the title serving as a kind of drone over which the lyrics were sung.
I make notes to prep before important phone calls, and like some crazed homemaker from the fifties, I label serving dishes with Post-it notes before parties to make sure I have a place to put the Nacho Cheese Doritos and the Sour Cream & Onion Lays.
If power did not accrete with seniority, if there were no retirement benefits, if there were no automatic pay raises, in other words, if serving in the Senate or House were the *serving* that was originally envisioned, not a *CAREER*, there would be a lot less pressure from K street, as there would be no person who was the “Go To” for a specific bit of rent seeking.