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to bartend

to bartend

14 3.4
To serve drinks and work behind a bar
  • verb
  • /ˈbɑːrˌtɛnd/
translation icon : servir bebidas
  • At night, he bartended at the club.
  • bartend at night
  • bartending job
  • wait tables and bartend

I could get the line ready, I could clean, I could bartend, I could, you know, handle all sorts of cool stuff.

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Examples

Synonyms

to serve alcohol
vsto bartend
7 3.0

Provide alcohol to customers or guests

works behind the bar and manages operations including non-alcoholic drinks

Surface Forms

bartend infinitive
bartended past
bartended past participle
bartending present participle
bartends third person singular

Morphology

bartend = bartender (transparent) = bar + tend

The verb is directly predictable from the noun 'bartender' (serve/manage a bar).

Etymology

The word bartend is made of bar and tend, and tend means 'to take care of' or 'look after'. So to bartend is to 'take care of the bar' by serving drinks and managing the bar area.