Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To put in a dish or dishes; serve, usually food.

  2. (informal, slang)To gossip; to relay information about the personal situation of another.

  3. (slang)To insult, speak ill of.

  4. (transitive)To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish.

    to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes

    make concave; shape like a dish

  5. (archaic, slang, transitive)To frustrate; to beat; to outwit or defeat.

Examples

1274 sentences
  1. Can you recommend any vegetarian dishes?

    Можете мені порадити якісь вегетеріанські страви? — lingvokrolik

  2. I washed the dishes after supper.

    Після вечері я помив посуд. — deniko

    deNach dem Abendessen machte ich den Abwasch. — raggione

  3. Tom has just finished washing dishes.

    Том щойно домив посуд. — deniko

    ruТом только что закончил мыть посуду. — Biga

    deTom ist gerade mit dem Abwasch fertig geworden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Why don't you wash your dishes?

    Чому б тобі не помити за собою посуд? — deniko

    ruПочему бы тебе не помыть за собой посуду? — marafon

  5. Tom didn't help wash the dishes.

    Том не допомагав мити посуд. — Anjy

    ruТом не помогал мыть посуду. — marafon

    deTom half nicht beim Abwasch. — Naina

Origin

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-

From Middle English dissh, disch, from Old English disċ (“plate; bowl; dish”), from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“table; dish”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *dъska, whence Bulgarian дъска́ (dăská), Polish deska, Russian доска́ (doská)), Russian чан (čan)) from Latin discus. Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, disk, and diskos.

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Forms

dishes, dishing, dished, dished
Base formdish · to dish
3rd person singulardishes
Present participledishing
Past simpledished
Past participledished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydish
he, she, itdishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dished
he, she, ithas dished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dish

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wash the dishes
  • washing dishes
  • do the dishes
  • kitchen washing dishes
  • dirty dishes in
  • dirty dishes
  • dishes in the
  • doing the dishes
  • dried the dishes
  • put the dishes
  • dish of ice
  • the dirty dishes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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