1. (n.) A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

2. (n.) The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. A dish fit for the gods.

3. (n.) The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

4. (n.) A hollow place, as in a field.

5. (n.) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.

6. (n.) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

7. (v. t.) To put in a dish, ready for the table.

8. (v. t.) To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

9. (v. t.) To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.

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