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dish up

dish up verb: to serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.

Verb

dish up (third-person singular simple present dishes up, present participle dishing up, simple past and past participle dished up)

  1. (transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To produce for an audience.
    • The writers are dishing up more of the same with this bland suburban sitcom.
  3. (dated, transitive) To beat up.

Forms of dish up

third-person singular presentdishes up
present participledishing up
past participledished up
pastdished up

Questions about dish up

What does dish up mean?
Dish up means to serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
What part of speech is dish up?
Dish up is a verb.
What is the past tense of dish up?
The past tense of dish up is dished up.

Words near dish up in the dictionary

  1. dish stands
  2. dish the dirt
  3. dish towel
  4. dish towels
  5. dish TV
  6. dish up
  7. dish washer
  8. dish washers
  9. dish-cloth
  10. dish-cloths
  11. dish-face

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