Definition of dish

• n. - A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
• n. - 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."
• n. - The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
• n. - A hollow place, as in a field.
• n. - A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
• n. - That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
• v. t. - To put in a dish, ready for the table.
• v. t. - To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
• v. t. - To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.