Dish

dish, n. a plate: a ve el in which food is served: the food in a dish: a particular kind of food: the condition of having a dish shape, concavity of form.— v.t. to put in a dish, for table: ( coll. ) to outwit, to defeat.— ns. Dish′-clout , Dish′-cloth ; Dish′-cov′er , a cover for a dish to keep it hot.— adj. Dish′-faced ; having a round, flat face.— ns. Dish′ful ; Dish′ing , putting in a dish.— adj. hollow like a dish.— n. Dish′-wa′ter , water in which dishes have been washed.— Dish up , to serve up, esp. figuratively of old materials cooked up anew. [A.S. disc , a plate, a dish, a table—L. discus . Doublets, disc and desk ; cf. Ger. tisch , a table.]