| dish | |
| 1. n. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. | |
| 2. n. The contents of such a vessel. | |
| a dish of stew | |
| 3. n. (metonym) A specific type of prepared food. | |
| a vegetable dish | |
| this dish is filling and easily made | |
| 4. n. (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. | |
| It's your turn to wash the dishes. | |
| 5. n. (telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl. | |
| satellite dish | |
| radar dish | |
| 6. n. (slang) A sexually attractive person. | |
| 7. n. The state of being concave, like a dish, or the degree of such concavity. | |
| the dish of a wheel | |
| 8. n. A hollow place, as in a field. | |
| 9. n. (mining) A trough in which ore is measured. | |
| 10. n. (mining) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. | |
| 11. n. (slang) Gossip | |
| 12. v. To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food. | |
| The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch. | |
| 13. v. (informal, slang) To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another. | |
| 14. v. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish. | |
| to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes | |
| 15. v. (slang) To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat. | |
