dish out
v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal
a blow to someone" [syn: distribute, administer, mete
out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell
out, deal out, allot, dole out]
2: 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" [syn: serve,
serve up, dish up, dish]
WordNet (r) 2.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "dish out":
accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, bestow,
bestow on, bucket, communicate, confer, cup, deal, deal out,
decant, deliver, dip, dish, dish up, dispense, dole, dole out,
donate, extend, fork, fork out, furnish, gift, gift with, give,
give freely, give out, grant, hand, hand out, hand over, heap,
help to, impart, issue, ladle, lavish, let have, mete, mete out,
offer, pour, present, proffer, provide, rain, render, scoop, serve,
shell out, shovel, shower, slip, snow, spade, spoon, supply,
tender, transfer, turn over, vouchsafe, yield
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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