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DISH UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dish up mean?
• DISH UP (verb)
The verb DISH UP has 1 sense:
1. provide (usually but not necessarily food)
Familiarity information: DISH UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provide (usually but not necessarily food)
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
dish; dish out; dish up; serve; serve up
Context example:
The entertainers served up a lively show
Hypernyms (to "dish up" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Verb group:
help; serve (help to some food; help with food or drink)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dish up"):
plank (cook and serve on a plank)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs dish up the vegetables
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