dish in English dictionary

  • dish

    Meanings and definitions of "dish"

    • A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
    • The contents of such a vessel.
    • A specific type of prepared food.
    • (in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
    • a type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish, radar dish
    • (slang) A sexually attractive person.
    • To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
    • (to) crowd out
    • noun
      A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
    • noun
      The contents of such a vessel.
    • noun
      A specific type of prepared food.
    • noun
      (in the plural)
      Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.
    • noun
      A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl, as in satellite dish, radar dish.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A sexually attractive person.
    • noun
      The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity.
    • noun
      A hollow place, as in a field.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A trough in which ore is measured.
    • noun
      (mining)
      That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
    • noun
      (slang)
      Gossip
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.
    • verb
      (informal, slang)
      To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.
    • verb
      (slang, archaic, transitive)
      To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.
    • vessel for holding/serving food
    • contents of such a vessel
    • specific type of food
    • tableware to be/being washed
    • type of antenna
    • slang: sexually attractive person
    • An activity that one likes or at which one is superior.
    • dish (i.e. Petri dish)
    • dish (of food)
    • a dish (type of food)
    • noun
      an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"
    • noun
      a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
    • 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 very attractive or seductive looking woman
    • noun
      directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation
    • noun
      the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice"
    • verb
      make concave; shape like a dish
    • verb
      provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"

    Synonyms of "dish" in English dictionary

    victuals, form, ravisher are the top synonyms of "dish" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of dish

    • dish ( third-person singular simple present dishes, present participle dishing, simple past and past participle dished)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza dish, lm  liczba mnoga dishes dish, dished, dished, dishes, dishing
    • dish ( plural  dishes)
    • dish (plural dishes)
    • dish (third-person singular simple present dishes, present participle dishing, simple past and past participle dished)
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    Meanings and definitions of "dish"

    • abbreviation
      Abbreviation of [i]diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis[/i].
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