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dish
dish / dish/ • n. 1. a shallow, typically flat-bottomed container for cooking or serving food: an ovenproof dish. ∎ the food contained or served in such a container: a dish of oysters. ∎ a particular variety or preparation of food served as part of a meal: fresh fish dishes | pasta was served as a main dish. ∎ (the dishes) all the items that have been used in the preparation, serving, and eating of a meal: it was our turn to wash the dishes. ∎ a shallow, concave receptacle, esp. one intended to hold a particular substance: a soap dish. ∎ (also dish aerial) a bowl-shaped radio antenna. See also satellite dish. 2. inf. a sexually attractive person: I gather she's quite a dish. ∎ (one's dish) dated a thing that one particularly enjoys or does well: as a public relations man this was my dish and the campaign was right up my street. 3. (the dish) inf. information that is not generally known or available: if he has the real dish I wish he'd tell us. 4. 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. • v. [tr.] 1. (dish something out/up) put (food) onto a plate or plates before a meal: Steve was dishing up vegetables | fig. pop stars who dish up remixes of their old hits. ∎ (dish something out) dispense something in a casual or indiscriminate way: the banks dished out loans to all and sundry. ∎ (dish it out) inf. subject others to criticism or punishment: you can dish it out but you can't take it. ∎ [intr.] inf. gossip or share information, esp. information of an intimate or scandalous nature: groups gather to brag about babies and dish about romances. 2. give concavity to (a wheel) by tensioning the spokes (see sense 4 of the noun ). PHRASES: dish the dirt inf. reveal or spread scandalous information or gossip.DERIVATIVES: dish·ful / -ˌfoŏl/ n. (pl. -fuls) . |
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"dish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dish.html "dish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dish.html |
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dish broad shallow vessel OE.; food served ready for eating XV. OE. disċ plate, bowl, platter, corr. to OS. disk (Du. disch) table, OHG. tisc plate (G. tisch table), ON. diskr (perh. — OE.) — L. discus DISCUS, disc, dish.
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T. F. HOAD. "dish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dish.html T. F. HOAD. "dish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dish.html |
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•bish, dish, fish, Frisch, Gish, knish, pish, squish, swish, wish
•clayish, greyish (US grayish)
•puppyish • babyish
•dandyish, sandyish
•toadyish • fogeyish • monkeyish
•sissyish • Gypsyish • prettyish
•heavyish • dryish
•lowish, slowish
•sallowish • yellowish • narrowish
•boyish • tomboyish
•bluish, Jewish, newish, shrewish
•Pollyannaish • prima donna-ish
•nebbish
•slobbish, snobbish, yobbish
•rubbish • furbish
•baddish, caddish, faddish, kaddish, laddish, radish, saddish
•blandish, brandish, outlandish, Standish
•Cavendish • Netherlandish
•horseradish • hardish • reddish
•Wendish • old-maidish • Swedish
•fiendish • Yiddish • widish
•childish, mildish, wildish
•cloddish, oddish
•baldish • roundish
•modish, toadish
•coldish, oldish
•prudish • goodish • Kurdish
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"dish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dish.html "dish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dish.html |
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DISH Med. diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "DISH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "DISH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-DISH.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "DISH." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-DISH.html |
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