Definitions for dished

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Spelling: [disht]

IPA: /dɪʃt/

Dished is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in dished (ddehis).

Definitions for dished

noun

1. an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
2. any container used at table:
3. the food served or contained in a dish:
4. a particular article, type, or preparation of food:
5. the quantity held by a dish; dishful:
6. anything like a dish in form or use.
7. concavity or the degree of concavity, as of a wheel.
8. Also called dish antenna. a concave, dish-shaped reflector serving to focus electromagnetic energy as part of a transmitter or receiver of radio, television, or microwave signals.
9. Slang. an attractive person, especially a female:
10. Slang. an item of gossip.

Idioms

1. dish it out, Informal. to dispense abusive language, punishment, or praise, enthusiastic approval, etc.:

adjective

1. concave:
2. Older Slang. exhausted; worn out.
3. (of a parallel pair of vehicle wheels) farther apart at the top than at the bottom.

Verb phrases

1. dish out, Informal. to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc. to deal out; distribute:

verb (used with object)

1. to put into or serve in a dish, as food:
2. to fashion like a dish; make concave.
3. Slang. to gossip about:
4. Slang. to defeat; frustrate; cheat.

verb (used without object)

1. Slang. to talk together informally, especially, to gossip.

Origin of dished

First recorded in 1580-90; dish + -ed²

Examples for dished

At an inspiring breakfast, Sheryl Sandberg dished on how social media is revolutionizing women's lives.

You're not thinking of me; you're thinking of yourself, and how respectable you are, and how I've dished you.

Addison sat at one end of the table and dished out the partridges.

Sorry that Heathcote dished you out of half-back, but it cant be helped.

In an interview with Oprah, she dished on her personal success and her secret life as an artist.

Stanton took charge of the kettle and dished out the rations that night.

She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.

The woman who dished up the vegetables was in a fearful humor that day.

It was a happening, a celebration of “La Julia,” as the Italians called her, who dished up advice along with bonhomie and cheer.

Guy Ritchie dished out questions for the interview, in which Pitt got political.