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 

• DISH UP (verb)

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