Dish /(dĭsh)/

1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

   She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

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.”

   Home-home dishes that drive one from home.

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4. A hollow place, as in a field.
5. A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (Mining)
6. anything with a discoid and concave shape, like that of a dish.
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.
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]
9. a favorite activity, or an activity at which one excels. [slang]
10. the quantity that a dish will hold, or a dish filled with some material.

imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]
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]