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dishing up

dishing up is the present participle and gerund of dish up.

Meaning of dish up

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.

Questions about dishing up

What is dishing up the present participle and gerund of?
Dishing up is the present participle and gerund of dish up.

Words near dishing up in the dictionary

  1. dishiness
  2. dishing
  3. dishing off
  4. dishing out
  5. dishing the dirt
  6. dishing up
  7. dishings
  8. dishless
  9. Dishley
  10. Dishleys
  11. dishlicker

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