dish up

verb

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

“The writers are dishing up more of the same with this bland suburban sitcom.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person dishes up · participle present dishing up · participle past dished up · past dished up

  1. transitiveTo serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo produce for an audience.

    The writers are dishing up more of the same with this bland suburban sitcom.

  3. datedtransitiveTo beat up.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbprovide (usually but not necessarily food)

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serveserve updish outdishhelp
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providesupplyply
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dishdish outserveserve up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan servir
  • servirTo serve cooked food
Dutch opdienen
  • opdienenTo serve cooked food
French servir
  • servirTo serve cooked food
Italian impiattare
  • impiattareTo serve cooked food
Spanish servir, emplatar
  • servirTo serve cooked food
  • emplatarTo serve cooked food
Turkish kotarmak
  • kotarmakTo serve cooked food
Cite this entry
APA

dish up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20up

MLA

“dish up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dish up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dish%20up.

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