Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dish \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.

Dish \Dish\, n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr.
   ? quoit, fr. ? to throw. Cf. {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.

Source : WordNet®

dish
     n 1: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding
          or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a
          wedding present"
     2: a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special
        dish for dinner"
     3: the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish
        of rice" [syn: {dishful}]
     4: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: {smasher},
         {stunner}, {knockout}, {beauty}, {ravisher}, {sweetheart},
         {peach}, {lulu}, {looker}, {mantrap}]
     5: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for
        microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: {dish aerial},
         {dish antenna}, {saucer}]
     6: an activity that you like or at which you are superior;
        "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning
        to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" [syn: {cup
        of tea}, {bag}]

dish
     v 1: provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals
          for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.";
          "The entertainers served up a lively show" [syn: {serve},
           {serve up}, {dish out}, {dish up}]
     2: make concave; shape like a dish