Found 3 items, similar to Dish.
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Definition: dish
hidangan, masakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dish
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]
dish
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dish
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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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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