dishing

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Verb

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dishing

  1. present participle and gerund of dish

Adjective

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dishing (comparative more dishing, superlative most dishing)

  1. Shaped like a dish; concave.

Noun

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dishing (plural dishings)

  1. A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.
  2. (sometimes figurative) The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.
    • 1887, The National Review, volume 9, page 209:
      The new musical coatings given to these old forms and fiavourings have ever been the curse of musical progress in this country, and it is high time that such “dishings-up” were turned away from, once and for ever, by the music-loving public.

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