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dished

Pronunciation: [dɪʃt]

Word

Context: "cooking"

(verb) to serve food onto plates. When someone dished food, they put it from a big bowl onto smaller plates so that people can eat it easily.

Example

She dished up the spaghetti for everyone at the table.

Example

He didn't dish the food, so we had to wait for dinner.

Example

Did you dish the salad for the picnic?

Context: "informal speech"

(verb) to talk about someone in a critical or negative way, often in a playful or teasing manner. This means sharing information that could be gossip or teasing.

Example

We had fun dishing about the new movie star's latest scandal.

Example

It wasn't nice when she dished about her friend's mistakes.

Example

Are you going to dish about what happened at the party?

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