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A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

The contents of such a vessel.

Example: a dish of stew

(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.

Example: a vegetable dish

(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.

Example: It's your turn to wash the dishes.

To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

Example: The restaurant dished up a delicious Italian brunch.

To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.

Example: to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes

To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.