Hyphenation of serves

Are you trying to hyphenate serves ? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

serves

Definitions of serves :

1.	(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play His powerful serves won the game
2.	Serve a purpose, role, or function 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
3.	Do duty or hold offices Serve in a specific function He served as head of the department for three years She served in Congress for two terms
4.	Contribute or conduce to The scandal served to increase his popularity
5.	Be used by As of a utility The sewage plant served the neighboring communities The garage served to shelter his horses
6.	Help to some food Help with food or drink I served him three times
7.	And after that he helped himself
8.	Provide (usually but not necessarily food) We serve meals for the homeless She dished out the soup at 8 P.M. The entertainers served up a lively show
9.	Devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas She served the art of music He served the church Serve the country
10.	Promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to Art serves commerce Their interests are served The lake serves recreation The President's wisdom has served the country well
11.	Spend time in prison or in a labor camp He did six years for embezzlement
12.	Work for or be a servant to May I serve you? She attends the old lady in the wheelchair Can you wait on our table
13.	Please? Is a salesperson assisting you? The minister served the King for many years
14.	Deliver a warrant or summons to someone He was processed by the sheriff
15.	Be sufficient Be adequate, either in quality or quantity A few words would answer This car suits my purpose well Will $100 do? A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school Nothing else will serve
16.	Do military service She served in Vietnam My sons never served
17.	Because they are short-sighted
18.	Mate with Male animals serve the females for breeding purposes
19.	Put the ball into play It was Agassi's turn to serve

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.