dish-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: serve; administer

Commentary: Includes: DISH OUT, DISH UP

Examples:
He mentioned that they dished out a box of food to a guy and the
guy actually said, "I can't eat this; how do I prepare it?"
He dished out 8 billion dollars for community reinvestment loans.
Administrators dished up delicious ice cream sundaes to the
hard-working students.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: dish.01,dish.02,dish.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dish_out 1, 2
dish_up 1

Sense Number 2: shape like a dish

Examples:
No examples found.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: DISH THE DIRT: gossip

Commentary: IS: DISH THE DIRT

Examples:
The Fabulous Adam Richard dished the dirt on the world of
celebrities.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
dish_the_dirt 1