Dish \Dish\ (d[i^]sh), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc,
quoit, fr. Gr. di`skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf.
Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.]
1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving
up food at the table.
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She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judg.
v. 25.
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2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of
food, especially prepared food; as, a cold dish; a warm
dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." --Shak.
Home-home dishes that drive one from home. --Hood.
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3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree
of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
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4. A hollow place, as in a field. --Ogilvie.
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5. (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.
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6. anything with a discoid and concave shape, like that of a
dish.
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7. an electronic device with a concave reflecting surface
which focuses reflected radio waves to or from a point,
used as a receiving or transmitting antenna; also called
dish antenna. The dish is often shaped as a paraboloid
so as to achieve a high sensitivity and enable reception
of weak signals when used as a receiving antenna, or to
focus transmitted signals into a narrow beam when used as
a transmitting antenna.
Syn: dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer. [PJC]
8. a very attractive woman or young lady, especaially one
sexually attractive; -- sometimes considered offensive and
sexist; as, the departmental secretary is quite a dish.
[slang]
Syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, sweetheart, peach,
lulu, looker, mantrap, dish. [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
9. a favorite activity, or an activity at which one excels.
[slang]
Syn: cup of tea, bag. [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
10. the quantity that a dish will hold, or a dish filled with
some material.
Syn: dishful. [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
satellite dish a dish antenna used to receive signals from
or to transmit signals to a satellite which transmits or
receives radio signals. In most common usage, it refers to
small dish antennas used to receive television programs
broadcast from geostationary satellites.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dishing.]
1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
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2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish;
as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
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3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]
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4. to talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to
gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their
break time dishing the newest employee. [slang]
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To dish out.
1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at
table.
2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.
2. to dispense freely; -- also used figuratively; as, to dish
out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult.
To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and
put in dishes to be served at table.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dish
n 1: 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"
2: a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special
dish for dinner"
3: the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish
of rice" [syn: dishful]
4: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher,
stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart,
peach, lulu, looker, mantrap]
5: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for
microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: dish aerial,
dish antenna, saucer]
6: 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" [syn: cup
of tea, bag]
v 1: 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 out, dish up]
2: make concave; shape like a dish
WordNet (r) 2.0
146 Moby Thesaurus words for "dish":
KO, antepast, autoclave, babble, baffle, bail, balk, billy, blast,
boil, bowl, brave, broil, bucket, cackle, caddy, cage, can,
canister, casserole, cave, cave in, challenge, chat, checkmate,
china, chinaware, circumvent, clack, coaster, compote, concave,
confound, confront, contravene, cook, counter, counteract,
countermand, counterwork, course, cover, crock, cross, crucible,
culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, cup, dash, decant,
defeat, defy, dessert, destroy, dip, discomfit, disconcert,
discountenance, dish out, dish up, disrupt, dither, do for, do in,
elude, entree, entremets, fix, flummox, foil, fork, frustrate, fry,
gab, gallipot, garbage can, gas, grill, help, helping, hod,
holdall, hollow, hollow out, hopper, incurve, jaw, knock out,
knock the chocks, ladle, magazine, main dish, mortar, mortarboard,
nonplus, pail, palette, patera, perplex, pitcher, place, plate,
platter, portion, pour, powder horn, prattle, retire, retreat,
roast, ruin, sabotage, salver, saucer, scoop, scotch, scuttle,
second helping, service, serving, settle, shoot down, shovel,
side dish, sink, slop pail, spade, spike, spoil, spoon, stonewall,
stump, tableware, thwart, tin, torpedo, trash can, tray, trencher,
undo, upset, vat, waiter, wastepaper basket, watering can, yak
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Dish
for eating from (2 Kings 21:13). Judas dipped his hand with a
"sop" or piece of bread in the same dish with our Lord, thereby
indicating friendly intimacy (Matt. 26:23). The "lordly dish" in
Judg. 5:25 was probably the shallow drinking cup, usually of
brass. In Judg. 6:38 the same Hebrew word is rendered "bowl."
The dishes of the tabernacle were made of pure gold (Ex.
25:29; 37:16).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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