n. Any rimmed and concave or hollow vessel, of earthenware, porcelain, glass, metal, or wood, used to contain food for consumption at meals.n. The food or drink served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food served at table; a supply for a meal: as, a dish of veal or venison; a cold dish.n. In Eng. mining: A rectangular box about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.n. Formerly, in Cornwall, a measure holding one gallon, used for tin ore dressed ready for the smelter.n. A discus.n. The state of being concave or like a dish; concavity: as, the dish of a wheel.To put in a dish or dishes, as food; serve at table: often with up: as, to dish up the dinner.To cause to resemble a dish; make concave.To use up, as if by serving on a dish, or making a meal of; frustrate or disappoint; damage; ruin; cheat.To push or strike with the horns.To be concave or have a form resembling that of a dish: as, the wheel or the ground dishes. See I., 2.n. In mining: A small rough vessel used in diamond and gold washing: sometimes used attributively: as, he obtained good dish prospects after crudely crushing up the quartz.To form with a concave center, as a disk, a wheel, a running track, or a racing-track.In trotting, to throw the feet outward, moving them forward with a circular motion instead of in a straight line. Also paddle.