dish something up Definition

dish
noun dishes

1. A shallow container in which food is served or cooked.

Thesaurus: plate, platter, bowl, vessel.
2. Its contents, or the amount it can hold.
3. Anything shaped like this.
4. A particular kind of food, especially food prepared for eating.

Thesaurus: meal, food, course, entree, recipe, fare.
5. The used plates and other utensils after the end of a meal.

Example: do the dishes
Form: dishes
6. A dish aerial.
7. colloq
A physically attractive person.

verb dishes, dished, dishing

1. To put (food) into a dish for serving at table.
2. colloq
To ruin (especially chances or hopes).

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon disc plate, bowl, table.

Phrasal Verb: dish something out

To distribute it.To give it out.To give out punishment.

Phrasal Verb: dish something up

To serve (food).To offer or present (eg information), especially if not for the first time.