dish Meaning, Definition & Usage

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
noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
noun the quantity that a dish will hold
dishful.
- they served me a dish of rice
noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; looker.
noun directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
dish antenna; dish aerial; saucer.
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
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
verb make concave; shape like a dish

AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. quoit, fr. to throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.

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.
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.
The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.
(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.

imperfect & past participle Dished ; present participle & verbal noun Dishing

To put in a dish, ready for the table.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. Low