serve a purpose, role, or function
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 58 freq. cnt.: 55 freq. cnt.: 3
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 58 freq. cnt.: 55 freq. cnt.: 3
function |
serve |
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
verb group
hypernym
hyponym