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  • 1Ball badminton — is an indigenous sport of India. It is a racquet game played with a woolen ball upon a court of fixed dimensions. This game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. The game… …

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  • 2Serve (tennis) — A serve (or, more formally, a service) in tennis is a shot to start a point. The serve is usually initiated by tossing the ball into the air and hitting it (usually near the apex of its trajectory) into the diagonally opposite service box without …

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  • 3serve — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦ serves, serving, served 1) VERB If you serve your country, an organization, or a person, you do useful work for them. [V n] It is unfair to soldiers who have served their country well for many years... [V n] I have always… …

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  • 4Serve and volley — is a style of play in tennis where the player serving moves quickly towards the net after hitting a serve. The server then attempts to hit a volley (a shot where the ball is struck without allowing it to bounce), as opposed to the baseline style …

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  • 5serve — [sʉrv] vt. served, serving [ME serven < OFr servir < L servire, to serve < servus, servant, slave: see SERF] 1. to work for as a servant 2. a) to do services or duties for; give service to; aid; assist; help b) to give obedience and… …

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  • 6Serve-and-Volley — Serve and Vol|ley 〈[sœ:v ənd vɔ̣lı] n.; s; unz.; Sp.; Tennis〉 Spielweise, bei der der Spieler unmittelbar nach dem eigenen Aufschlag ans Netz läuft, um anzugreifen [<engl. serve „aufschlagen“ + and „und“ + volley „Flugball“] * * * Serve and… …

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  • 7Serve — Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf.… …

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  • 8Ball State University — Motto Education Redefined Established 1918 (details) Type Public coeducational Endowment …

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  • 9Serve — Serve, v. i. 1. To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service. [1913 Webster] The Lord shall give thee rest . . . from the hard bondage wherein thou… …

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  • 10serve — ► VERB 1) perform duties or services for. 2) be employed as a member of the armed forces. 3) spend (a period) in office, in an apprenticeship, or in prison. 4) present food or drink to. 5) attend to (a customer in a shop). 6) be of use in… …

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