Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Concave.
- adjective Slanting toward one another at the bottom. Used of a pair of wheels.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Concave, as a dish; hollowed out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dish . - adjective Shaped like a
dish ;concave .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped like a dish or pan
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Examples
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One of my kids favorite dished is papas con chorizo.
Making my own Mexican chorizo | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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The Senators captain dished off to defenseman Tom Preissing before moving to the point to receive Heatley's setup pass.
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Carrying down the left side, Oleg Saprykin dished to Martin
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Damone Brown collected 12 points and seven rebounds and Griffin dished out nine assists for Syracuse, which connected on 46 percent (24-of-52) of its shots.
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Rookie Marcus Fizer scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while El-Amin dished our nine assists.
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Genpact claims it€ ™ s not just another acronym dished out overnight but a rigorous scientific methodology for managing processes.
The Economic Times 2010
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Genpact claims it€ ™ s not just another acronym dished out overnight but a rigorous scientific methodology for managing processes.
The Economic Times 2010
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It means he faces about half the prison term dished out to the Seattle girl
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It means he faces about half the prison term dished out to the Seattle girl
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The long toe becomes "dished" -- that is, concave from the coronet to the ground -- the long quarters curl forward and inward and often completely cover the frog and lead to contraction of the heels, or the whole hoof bends outward or inward, and a crooked foot, or, even worse,
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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