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/dɪʃ əp/ Listen

verb

Dish v. t. (past & past part. dished; pres. part. dishing)

To put in a dish, ready for the table.

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. (Low)

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)

To dish out.

To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

(Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

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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"Dish up" Quotes from Famous Books

... second, all of you, till I take a good look at you!" commanded their mother. "That I should live to see the day when I would dish up a meal without some amongst you yammering for another helping! I'm almost tempted to take an affidavit with your signatures in black and white and preserve it in ...

— Carl and the Cotton Gin • Sara Ware Bassett

... and water for about one hour; then put it into cold water with a pinch of salt; bring to the boil, and then rinse the cauliflower and put it again into boiling water which is seasoned with salt, to cook till tender. When cooked, cut it in pieces and dish up in a coil; pour parsley sauce over, and garnish it round with braised carrots or a macedoine of vegetables, and place the cut up stalks of cauliflower in the centre. Serve for a ...

— The Cauliflower • A. A. Crozier

... Calvin Parks. "I'll tell him next time he goes to market, tie her to the well-sweep and walk; you don't cal'late his legs would up and run away with him, do ye? Now I'm goin' to help Miss Hands dish up dinner." ...

— The Wooing of Calvin Parks • Laura E. Richards

... perfect or pleasing picture than that of happy married life. Yet how little of it we see! How the newspapers dish up to us in strong words the misery, despair, wretchedness, infidelity and deceit of the divorce court. How it stares at us from the desolate fireside of friend and acquaintance; is hinted at or suppressed by the records of the Coroner's office; leers at us from the sumptuous ...

— Manhood Perfectly Restored • Unknown

... domain, we had scared up a couple of fat deer, and sent our arrows through their trembling anatomy, and the number of hares, grouse and pigeons we slaughtered that evening kept the landlord of the Crown Tavern busy for two days to dish up ...

— Shakspere, Personal Recollections • John A. Joyce

... hominy, side meat, ven'zin," he shouted in the kitchen. "Stir yourself, you black rascal, and dish up the ...

— Lazarre • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

... hand-cuffs into his pockets; for when the rebel boarding officer hauled down his colors, he determined that at sunrise the next morning the Stars and Stripes should again float at his peak if he had to sacrifice half his crew to get them there. His next move was to order his steward to dish up supper, and when it was ready he sent word to the midshipman to come down and have a bite; but, although the brig was towing at the stern of the Sumter and there was not the smallest chance for her to escape, the officer would not trust himself ...

— Marcy The Blockade Runner • Harry Castlemon