<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food</li><li>any container used at table: dirty dishes</li><li>the food served or contained in a dish: The meal consisted of several dishes</li><li>a particular article, type, or preparation of food: Rice is an inexpensive dish</li><li>the quantity held by a dish; dishful: a dish of applesauce</li><li>anything like a dish in form or use</li><li>concavity or the degree of concavity, as of a wheel</li><li>a concave, dish-shaped reflector serving to focus electromagnetic energy as part of a transmitter or receiver of radio, television, or microwave signals</li><li>an attractive person, especially a female: His wife is quite a dish</li><li>an item of gossip</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to put into or serve in a dish, as food: to dish food onto plates</li><li>to fashion like a dish; make concave</li><li>to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends</li><li>to defeat; frustrate; cheat</li><li>to talk together informally, especially, to gossip</li><li>to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc.</li><li>to deal out; distribute: She dished out our pay in silver dollars</li></ul>