DISHING

Verb

dishing

present participle of dish

Adjective

dishing (comparative more dishing, superlative most dishing)

Shaped like a dish; concave.

Noun

dishing (plural dishings)

A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.

(sometimes, figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.

Anagrams

• hidings, shindig

Source: Wiktionary

Dish"ing, a.

Definition: Dish-shaped; concave.

DISH

Dish, n. Etym: [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.]

1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.

2. 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." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.

5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out.

1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

– To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition