dish
dish
(dĭsh) noun
1.
a. An open, generally shallow concave container for holding or serving food. b. dishes The containers and often the utensils used when eating: took out the dishes and silverware; washed the dishes. c. A shallow concave container used for purposes other than eating: an evaporating dish.
2. The amount that a dish can hold.
3. a. The food served or contained in a dish: a dish of ice cream. b. A particular variety or preparation of food: Chowder is a good dish for a cold winter evening.
4. a. A depression similar to that in a shallow concave container for food. b. The degree of concavity in such a depression.
5. Electronics. A dish antenna.
6. Slang. A good-looking person, especially an attractive woman.
verb
dished, dishing, dishes
verb
, transitive
1.
To serve (food) in or as if in a dish: dished up the potatoes.
2.
To present: dished up an excellent entertainment.
3.
To hollow out; make concave.
4.
Chiefly British. To foil or cheat; ruin.
verb
, intransitive
Informal.
To talk idly, especially to gossip.
phrasal verb.
dish out
To give out; dispense freely: likes to dish out advice.
[Middle English, from Old English disc, from Latin discus. See
disk.]