dish

dish [dish]

n.

[ME < OE disc, dish, plate < PGmc * diskuz < L discus: see DISCUS]

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. Slang a sexually attractive person, esp. a young woman

8. Slang gossip, esp. when disparaging or malicious: often with the

vt.

1. to serve (food) in a dish: usually with up or out

2. to shape (an object, surface, or hole) like a dish: make concave: usually with out

3. Slang to gossip about, esp. in a disparaging way

4. [Slang, Chiefly Brit.] to cheat, frustrate, ruin, etc.

vi.

1. to be or become dish-shaped; cave in

2. Slang to gossip, esp. disparagingly

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☆ dish it out

Slang to subject others to difficulty, criticism, hardship, ridicule, etc.