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dish

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|vessel for holding or serving food}} A [[vessel]] such as a [[plate]] for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
  2. {{senseid|en|contents of the vessel; a dishful}} The contents of such a vessel.
  3. {{senseid|en|any particular type of prepared food}} {{lb|en|metonym}} A specific type of prepared food.
  4. {{senseid|en|in the plural, dirty dishes needing cleaning}} {{lb|en|in the plural}} [[tableware|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.
  5. {{senseid|en|antenna shaped like a plate or bowl}} {{lb|en|telecommunication}} A type of [[antenna]] with a similar shape to a plate or [[bowl]].
  6. {{senseid|en|taste or interest}} {{lb|en|informal|dated|originally|US}} Something that [[fit]]s someone's [[taste]]s, [[interest]]s{{,}} or [[ability|abilities]].
  7. {{senseid|en|sexually attractive person}} {{lb|en|slang}} A sexually attractive person.
  8. {{senseid|en|state or degree of concavity}} {{lb|en|dated}} The state of being [[concave]], like a dish, or the degree of such [[concavity]].<ref name=Webster>{{R:Webster 1913}}</ref>
  9. {{senseid|en|hollow place, low-lying area}} A hollow place, as in a field.<ref name=Webster />
  10. {{senseid|en|home plate in baseball}} {{lb|en|baseball|slang}} The [[home plate]].
  11. {{senseid|en|trough for measuring ore}} {{lb|en|mining|archaic}} A [[trough]] in which [[ore]] is [[measure]]d.<ref name=Webster />
  12. {{senseid|en|mineral royalties or similar fees}} {{lb|en|mining|archaic}} That portion of the [[produce]] of a [[mine]] which is paid to the land owner or [[proprietor]].<ref name=Webster />

Verb

  1. {{senseid|en|v-tr-servefood}} {{lb|en|transitive}} To put in a dish or dishes; [[serve]], usually food.
  2. {{lb|en|informal|slang}} To [[gossip]]; to relay information about the personal situation of another.
  3. {{lb|en|slang}} To [[insult]], speak ill of.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[concave]], or [[depress]] in the middle, like a dish.<ref name=Webster />
  5. {{lb|en|slang|archaic|transitive}} To [[frustrate]]; to [[beat]]; to [[outwit]] or [[defeat]].

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