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Dish

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Noun

1. dish

a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

Example Sentences:
'we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present'

2. dish

a particular item of prepared food

Example Sentences:
'she prepared a special dish for dinner'

3. dish, dishful

the quantity that a dish will hold

Example Sentences:
'they served me a dish of rice'

4. beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

5. dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer

directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

6. bag, cup of tea, dish

an activity that you like or at which you are superior

Example Sentences:
'chemistry is not my cup of tea'
'his bag now is learning to play golf'
'marriage was scarcely his dish'

Verb

7. dish, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up

provide (usually but not necessarily food)

Example Sentences:
'We serve meals for the homeless'
'She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.'
'The entertainers served up a lively show'

8. dish

make concave; shape like a dish

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Dish

see synonyms of dish
noun
1. 
a container used for holding or serving food, esp an open shallow container of pottery, glass, etc
2. 
the food that is served or contained in a dish
3. 
a particular article or preparation of food
a local fish dish
4. Also called: dishful
the amount contained in a dish
5. 
something resembling a dish, esp in shape
6. 
a concavity or depression
7.  short for dish aerial, satellite dish aerial
8. informal
an attractive person
9. informal
something that one particularly enjoys or excels in
verb (transitive)
10. 
to put into a dish
11. 
to make hollow or concave
12. British informal
to ruin or spoil
he dished his chances of getting the job

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Dish

see synonyms of dish
noun
1. 
a. 
any container, generally shallow and concave and of porcelain, earthenware, glass, plastic, etc. for serving or holding food
b.  [pl.]
plates, bowls, saucers, cups, etc., collectively
2. 
a. 
the food in a dish
b. 
a particular kind of food, or food prepared in a certain way
one's favorite dish
3. 
a dishful
4. 
a dish-shaped object, as the reflector of a dish antenna
5. 
a dishlike concavity, or the amount of this
6.  Informal
a favorite thing; preference
7.  US, Slang
a sexually attractive person, esp. a young woman
8.  Slang
gossip, esp. when disparaging or malicious
often with the
verb transitive
9. 
to serve (food) in a dish
usually with up or out
10. 
to shape (an object, surface, or hole) like a dish: make concave
usually with out
11.  Slang
to gossip about, esp. in a disparaging way
12.  Chiefly British, Slang
to cheat, frustrate, ruin, etc.
verb intransitive
13. 
to be or become dish-shaped; cave in
14.  Slang
to gossip, esp. disparagingly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Dish

see synonyms of dish
n.
1.
a. An open, generally shallow concave container for holding, cooking, 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: Sushi is a Japanese dish.
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.
7. Informal Idle talk; gossip: "plenty of dish about her tattoos, her plastic surgeries, and her ever-younger inamorati" (Louise Kennedy).
v. dished, dish·ing, dish·es
v.tr.
1. To serve (food) in or as if in a dish: dished up the stew.
2. To present: dished up an excellent entertainment.
3. To hollow out; make concave.
4. Informal To gossip about.
5. Chiefly British Slang To ruin, foil, or defeat.
v.intr.
Informal
To talk idly, especially to gossip.

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