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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dish out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To put (food) on to a dish ready for eating.
  2. (transitive) To distribute (a thing).
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To distribute or deliver something.
    • She can dish out criticism but she can't take it.
    • Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks. March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:
  4. (transitive) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dishing out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dished out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dished out Tense=Past lexicographic
dishes out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

give out (distribute) · pass round (distribute) · hand round (distribute) · serve · pass out (distribute) · hand out (distribute) · dish up · give out · distribute (distribute)

Translations (23)

fi jakaa (figuratively) · pl nałożyć na talerz (to put (food) on to a dish) · nl opdienen (to put (food) on to a dish) · qu qaray (to put (food) on to a dish) · nl opdissen (to put (food) on to a dish) · ro împărți (figuratively) · nl dienen (to put (food) on to a dish) · fi tarjota (to distribute) · pl dokopywać (figuratively) · ro distribui (to distribute) · cmn(to put (food) on to a dish) · fi annostella (to put (food) on to a dish) · ja 取り分ける (to distribute) · pl rozdawać (to distribute) · pl rozdać (to distribute) · pl dokopać (figuratively) · pl nakładać na talerz (to put (food) on to a dish) · ja 配る (figuratively) · fi tarjoilla (to put (food) on to a dish) · fi jaella (figuratively) · es emplatar (to put (food) on to a dish) · ja 与える (figuratively) · cmn(to put (food) on to a dish)