"dish out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dishes out [present, singular, third-person], dishing out [participle, present], dished out [participle, past], dished out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dish out (third-person singular simple present dishes out, present participle dishing out, simple past and past participle dished out)
  1. (transitive) To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating. Tags: transitive Translations (to put (food) on to a dish): opdienen (Dutch), dienen (Dutch), opdissen (note: only in very specific context or expressions) (Dutch), tarjoilla (Finnish), annostella (Finnish), qaray (Quechua), emplatar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dish_out-en-verb-vBksy2Z5 Disambiguation of 'to put (food) on to a dish': 90 2 2 6
  2. (transitive) To distribute (a thing). Tags: transitive Synonyms (distribute): distribute, give out, hand out, hand round, pass out, pass round Translations (to distribute): tarjota (Finnish), 取り分ける (toriwakeru) (alt: とりわける) (Japanese), distribui (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dish_out-en-verb-Px5nAvp7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 54 7 15 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 15 47 10 28 Disambiguation of 'distribute': 1 53 37 9 Disambiguation of 'to distribute': 1 57 39 3
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To distribute or deliver something. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (figuratively): jakaa (Finnish), jaella (Finnish), 配る (kubaru) (alt: くばる) (Japanese), 与える (ataeru) (alt: あたえる) (Japanese), împărți (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dish_out-en-verb-9KlsLmBy Disambiguation of 'figuratively': 0 0 87 13
  4. (transitive, architecture) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: dish up [food, lifestyle], serve [food, lifestyle], give out [figuratively]
    Sense id: en-dish_out-en-verb-bPZzX7TS Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dish out meaning in English (5.0kB)

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      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "opdienen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "dienen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "note": "dissen (only in very specific context or expressions, dis is an old word for dining table, so it literally means: put on the table)",
      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "only in very specific context or expressions",
      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "opdissen"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "tarjoilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "annostella"
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      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
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      "sense": "to put (food) on to a dish",
      "word": "emplatar"
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      "sense": "to distribute",
      "word": "tarjota"
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      "word": "取り分ける"
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      "sense": "to distribute",
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      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "配る"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "figuratively",
      "word": "与える"
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      "sense": "figuratively",
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