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Meaning of "dish out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISH OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISH OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dish out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dish out in English.

WHAT DOES DISH OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dish out in the English dictionary

The definition of dish out in the dictionary is to distribute.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISH OUT

PRESENT

Present
I dish out
you dish out
he/she/it dishes out
we dish out
you dish out
they dish out
Present continuous
I am dishing out
you are dishing out
he/she/it is dishing out
we are dishing out
you are dishing out
they are dishing out
Present perfect
I have dished out
you have dished out
he/she/it has dished out
we have dished out
you have dished out
they have dished out
Present perfect continuous
I have been dishing out
you have been dishing out
he/she/it has been dishing out
we have been dishing out
you have been dishing out
they have been dishing out
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dished out
you dished out
he/she/it dished out
we dished out
you dished out
they dished out
Past continuous
I was dishing out
you were dishing out
he/she/it was dishing out
we were dishing out
you were dishing out
they were dishing out
Past perfect
I had dished out
you had dished out
he/she/it had dished out
we had dished out
you had dished out
they had dished out
Past perfect continuous
I had been dishing out
you had been dishing out
he/she/it had been dishing out
we had been dishing out
you had been dishing out
they had been dishing out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dish out
you will dish out
he/she/it will dish out
we will dish out
you will dish out
they will dish out
Future continuous
I will be dishing out
you will be dishing out
he/she/it will be dishing out
we will be dishing out
you will be dishing out
they will be dishing out
Future perfect
I will have dished out
you will have dished out
he/she/it will have dished out
we will have dished out
you will have dished out
they will have dished out
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dishing out
you will have been dishing out
he/she/it will have been dishing out
we will have been dishing out
you will have been dishing out
they will have been dishing out
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dish out
you would dish out
he/she/it would dish out
we would dish out
you would dish out
they would dish out
Conditional continuous
I would be dishing out
you would be dishing out
he/she/it would be dishing out
we would be dishing out
you would be dishing out
they would be dishing out
Conditional perfect
I would have dish out
you would have dish out
he/she/it would have dish out
we would have dish out
you would have dish out
they would have dish out
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dishing out
you would have been dishing out
he/she/it would have been dishing out
we would have been dishing out
you would have been dishing out
they would have been dishing out
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dish out
we let´s dish out
you dish out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dish out
Past participle
dished out
Present Participle
dishing out
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISH OUT

dish
dish aerial
dish antenna
dish it out
dish rack
dish soap
dish the dirt
dish towel
dish up
dishabilitate
dishabilitation
dishabille
dishabit
dishallow
disharmonic
disharmonies
disharmonious
disharmoniously
disharmonise
disharmonize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISH OUT

airbrush out
branch out
catch out
check out
crash out
eat out
find out
fish out
flesh out
lash out
log out
on the way out
psych out
rough out
sign out
splash out
thrash out
thresh out
wash out
watch out

Synonyms and antonyms of dish out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dish out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISH OUT

Find out the translation of dish out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dish out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dish out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抛出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

repartir
570 millions of speakers

English

dish out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर पकवान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طبق بها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

блюдо из
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repartir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বণ্টন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bomber dehors
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidangan keluar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

austeilen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

配る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밖으로 접시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panganan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

món ăn ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிஷ் அவுட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर फेकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saçmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

servire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozdać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

блюдо з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

farfurie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιάτο έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitdeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dela ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rett ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dish out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISH OUT»

The term «dish out» is regularly used and occupies the 65.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISH OUT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dish out

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QUOTES WITH «DISH OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dish out.
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Mitch McConnell
Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISH OUT»

Discover the use of dish out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dish out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
husbands, kids, whoever. * Did you know that now astronauts can dish the dirt from space? * Related vocabulary dish out sth at dish origin: based on the phrase dish out food (= to serve food ) and dirt (= negative information about a person) hit ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
In the early-20th cent. the phrase dish out became a metaphorical expression for handing out such things as advice, criticism, gifts, gossip, lies, money, punches, and punishment (HDAS: 1926). Sometime during this period it was noticed that ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
^phrasal verbs dish sth out [M] informal 1 to give or say things to people without thinking about them carefully: Doctors are short of time to listen and are therefore keen to dish out drugs whenever they can. : He 's very keen to dish out criticism.
‎2008
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 11 distasteful disgustingly: 11 revoltingly, sickeningly; 13 distastefully dish: 3 bag, pan; 4 do in, lulu, undo; 5 do for, peach, plate, serve; 6 beauty, course, dish up, looker, saucer; 7 dish out, dishful, mantrap, platter, potager, serve up, smasher, ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
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Grammatical Metaphor: Views from Systemic Functional Linguistics
getting a bit tired of the sameness and predictability of the food which was dished out to us I'm just giving dishing out the the dinner love The first step in meaning extension seems to have been that dish out acquires the sense of 'distribute', not  ...
A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen, Miriam Taverniers, Louise Ravelli, 2003
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
dish out. To distribute (food) equally or decorations indiscriminately: military coll.: since 1914. B. 8: I'. dish up. To wash up: RN (cook's galley): since ca. 1920. (P-G' R.)v2. See dish v., 2. dish-wrestler. A dish-washer: low from ca. 1925. Gilt Kid ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Untitled
"phrasal verbs dish sth out [M] informal 1 to give or say things topeople without thinkingabout them carefully: Doctors are short of time to listen and are therefore keen to dish out drugs whenever they can. * He'sverykeento dish out criticism.
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The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous!
Whether your answers reveal you to be the queen of overindulgence, the poster child for self-deprivation, or some combination in between, we think we can still dish out some helpful info that will enthuse, encourage, enlighten, and inspire you ...
Carolyn O'Neil, Densie Webb, 2010
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The Chambers Dictionary
dish out to serve out; to share (food) among several people; to give, give out ( colloq', usu disparagingly, esp with /'/, of rough treatment, punishment, etc); dish the dirt see under dirt; dish up to serve up, (esp fig of old materials presented again).
Allied Chambers, 1998
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
A hollow, dent. Lakel. He supt out o' t'dish ov his hand, Pmn'f/i Obs. (Dec. 28, 1891!. Wm. T'bucket hed a gurt dish 0' yah side on't (BJL). 10. 1'. \Vith oul: to help, serve a dish, 8.1:. Per. Dish out the kail (G.\V.). 11. To hollow out, to make concave ...
Joseph Wright

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISH OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dish out is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do extra traffic wardens patrol streets during events to dish out more …
Does the council put extra traffic wardens out at big events such as the Armed Forces weekend to catch more people out and hand out more ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Georgian Dumplings, Shaved Snow & More Great Eats At The New …
Amidst the shiny high rise buildings, a group of Queens-based food vendors will dish out smoked meats, Asian-inspired cupcakes and even a ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
3
UFC 189 'Embedded' video blog (Ep. 7): 'Not bad for scum, eh …
... contender, Rory MacDonald, is for all intents and purposes expressionless, not one to talk too much or dish out noteworthy soundbytes. «MMAmania.com, Jul 15»
4
3-year-old boy gets parking ticket for where he left motorcycle …
However, he probably won't be so pleased years from now when he receives his first actual parking ticket and has to dish out the cash to pay ... «fox13now.com, Jul 15»
5
What the hell happened to the Boxcar Children's parents? · Memory …
and dish out the sass. In another illustration from the first book, the hungry family shares three loaves of bread. More than anything, though, the ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
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Paris self-serve shops dish out fresh, locally farmed organic food …
In this July 2, 2015 photo, delivery man Michael Luminau puts greens in automat boxes in Paris, France. Joseph Petit employs no staff at his ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
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How to Dish Out Criticism to a Colleague Without Burning a Bridge
Dishing out criticism is easier said than done, especially when it's to one of your peers. Here are a few things to consider before the big talk to ... «PayScale Career News, Jul 15»
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Bull's Eye: Buy HPCL, UPL, Dish TV, Apollo Tyres, sell NTPC …
Bull's Eye, CNBC-TV18's popular game show, where market experts come together to dish out trading strategies for you to make your week ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
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OPP marine patrol dish out series of charges to boatersNORTHWEST
(RED LAKE, ON) – On July 1, 2015 Red Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were on Marine patrol within the Municipality of Red Lake. While on patrol ... «Tbnewswatch.com, Jul 15»
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Day I Was Mistaken for 'Sonko Wa Masonko' Out to Dish Out Free …
Last week, I became Nikolai Gogol's Khlestakov and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Matigari in my Kawangware neighbourhood, thanks to our escapist ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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