From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dish \Dish\, verb (used with an object) [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] [PJC]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: shaped like a dish [syn: {dish-shaped}]
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