dish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
    • we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
  2. noun a particular item of prepared food
    • she prepared a special dish for dinner
  3. noun the quantity that a dish will hold
    dishful.
    • they served me a dish of rice
  4. noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
    sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; looker.
  5. noun directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
    dish antenna; dish aerial; saucer.
  6. noun an activity that you like or at which you are superior
    bag; cup of tea.
    • chemistry is not my cup of tea
    • his bag now is learning to play golf
    • marriage was scarcely his dish
  7. verb provide (usually but not necessarily food)
    dish out; serve up; serve; dish up.
    • We serve meals for the homeless
    • She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.
    • The entertainers served up a lively show
  8. verb make concave; shape like a dish

WordNet


Dish noun
Etymology
AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. quoit, fr. to throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.
Definitions
  1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
    She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.
  2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak.
    Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.
  3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
  4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.
  5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
Dish transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dished ; present participle & verbal noun Dishing
Definitions
  1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
  2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
  3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. Low

Webster 1913