dish
dish is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.
- 2.The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
- 3.A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.
- 4.(Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
- 5.To put in a dish, ready for the table.
- 6.To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
- 7.To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out.
- 8.To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
- 9.(Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. -- To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is dish.
- What is 2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood called?
- What is the state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel called?
- What is (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor called?
- What is to make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes called?
- What is to frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out called?
- What is to serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table called?
- What is to hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. -- To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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