Etymology : Middle English, from Old English disc plate, from Latin discus quoit, disk, dish, from Greek diskos, from dikein to throw
Pronunciation : dish
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. bowl; plate; prepared food; portion, share; (Slang) stunning or attractive person (especially a woman). put on a plate, serve (food); make a dishlike shape; gossip, talk about (Slang); defeat (Slang). dish\dish\ (d&ibreve;sh), n. [as. disc, l. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. gr. di`skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. cf. dais, desk, disc, discus.].
2. 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. v.
3. 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." [1913 webster] home-home dishes that drive one from home. ood.
4. the state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
5. a hollow place, as in a field.
6. (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 \dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. dished ; p. pr. & vb. n. dishing.].
7. to put in a dish, ready for the table.
8. to make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
9. to frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [low].
10. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
11. 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." The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
12. A hollow place, as in a field.
13. A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
14. That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
15. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
16. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
17. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. 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" directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice" make concave; shape like a dish.
18. 1. A dish is a shallow container with a wide uncovered top. You eat and serve food from dishes and cook food in them. plastic bowls and dishes.
19. The contents of a dish can be referred to as a dish of something. Nicholas ate a dish of spaghetti.
20. Food that is prepared in a particular style or combination can be referred to as a dish. There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from.
21. All the objects that have been used to cook, serve, and eat a meal can be referred to as the dishes. He'd cooked dinner and washed the dishes.
22. You can use dish to refer to anything that is round and hollow in shape with a wide uncovered top. a dish used to receive satellite broadcasts. see also:
satellite dish, side dish.
23. If you do the dishes, you wash the dishes. I hate doing the dishes.
24. to dish the dirt: see:
dirt. to give a lot of information about something or someone, especially something that would usually be secret or private dish on.
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