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dish
I. \ˈdish\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English disc plate; akin to Old Saxon disk table, Old High German tisc dish, table; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin discus dish, disk, quoit, from Greek diskos, from dikein to throw
1.
a. : a large shallow more or less concave vessel (as a platter) in which food is brought to the table for serving; broadly : any open vessel (as a tureen) similarly used
< a deep vegetable dish >
b. obsolete : alms dish 1
c. archaic : a drinking vessel
d. dishes plural : table utensils — used especially of those of pottery or china as distinguished from glass drinking vessels and metal implements but sometimes used inclusively
< I'll get out the dishes while you lay the silver >
< you must wash the dishes before you go out >
2.
a. : food prepared for the table in a particular fashion
< a dish of boiled potatoes >
often : food prepared according to a specified cuisine
< tasty Armenian dishes >
b. : something (as a literary work) resembling a dish of food especially in combining varied ingredients properly blended and seasoned
< the yeastiest dish on TV this season — Time >
c. : cup of tea
< marriage was scarcely his dish >
d. slang : an alluring young woman
< what a dish my blind date turned out to be >
3.
a. : the contents of a dish; usually : food or drink served in a dish
< a dish of strawberries >
b. : the capacity of a dish : the quantity measured by a dish : dishful
c. dialect Britain : a trough about 28 inches long, 4 inches deep, and 6 inches wide in which ore is measured
d. dialect Britain : the portion of a mine's product that is paid to the landowner or proprietor
e. dialect Britain : a gallon of tin ore ready for the smelter
4.
a. : any of various shallow concave vessels (as an evaporating dish); broadly : something that in shallow concavity is felt to resemble a dish (as a hollow in land or one between the eyes of certain mammals)
b. : the state of being concave or the degree of concavity present
< the dish of a wheel >
c. slang : home plate
d. : a microwave antenna that is often paraboloid in form and usually highly directive in wave reflection
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put (as food for serving) into a dish or dishes — often used with up
b. : to present for acceptance — usually used with up
< dished up another explanation >
c. : to make widely known : disseminate — usually used with up
< dishing up the latest scandal >
2.
a. : to make concave like a dish
< a boiler with both ends dished >
— often used with in
< several car tops were dished in by the concussion >
b. : hollow
< dish a gutter >
— often used with out
3. chiefly Britain
a. : circumvent, outwit, cheat
b. : defeat, ruin
4. : to get rid of : set aside : shelve
intransitive verb
1. : to become concave in the middle — used especially of spoke wheels
< the rim hit a rock and the wheel dished >
2. of a horse : to swing the forefeet sideways in trotting
3. slang : to talk casually : chat, chatter
III. noun
: gossip
< inside dish about the most powerful book-review medium — Walter Clemons >
IV. transitive verb
1. : to talk or gossip about especially disparagingly
< at the bar in the lobby, dishing the show — Couri Hay >
— often used in the phrases dish the dirt or dish dirt
< dishing the dirt about some married friends of ours — Clare B. Luce >
< dishing some dirt about his rambunctious private life — Time >
2. : to pass (a basketball) to a teammate — often used with off
intransitive verb
1. : gossip ; also : to disclose private or personal information
2. : to pass a basketball to a teammate — often used with off |