1a shallow, flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food:an ovenproof dish
the food contained or served in a dish:a dish of sauté potatoes
a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal:fresh fish dishes
(the dishes) all the items that have been used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal:I left the children to do the dishes
2 [usually with modifier] a shallow, concave receptacle, especially one intended to hold a particular substance:a soap dish
(also dish aerial) a bowl-shaped radio aerial:other channels are available with a larger dishSee also satellite dish.
3 informal a sexually attractive person:I gather he’s quite a dish
(one's dish) dated a thing that one enjoys or does well:as a public relations man this was my dish and the campaign was right up my street
4 (the dish) informal information which is not generally known or available:if he has the real dish I wish he’d tell us
5 [mass noun] concavity of a spoked wheel resulting from a difference in spoke tension on each side and consequent sideways displacement of the rim in relation to the hub.
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1 (dish something out/up) put food on to a plate or plates before a meal:Steve was dishing up vegetables
(dish something out) dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way:the banks dished out loans to all and sundry
(dish something up) offer or present something, especially something regarded as substandard:is your ISP short-changing you by dishing up outdated and perhaps incorrect information?
(dish it out) informal subject others to criticism or punishment:you can dish it out but you can’t take it
[no object]North American informal gossip or share intimate information:groups gather to dish about romances
2 informal, chiefly British utterly destroy or defeat:the election interview dished Labour’s chances
3give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes: (as noun dishing)this tool accurately checks for proper dishing of a wheel
dish the dirt
informal reveal or spread scandal or gossip:he was happy to dish the dirt on his rival
