dishes out

verbdistribute

Synonyms for dishes out

verb distribute

Antonyms for dishes out

take

Word Origin & History

Old English disc "plate, bowl, platter," from Latin discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Greek diskos "disk, platter" (see disk). A common West Germanic borrowing; Old High German borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but German tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (e.g. Italian desco, French dais). Meaning "particular variety of food served" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "what one likes" is c.1900; that of "attractive woman" is 1920s. Meaning "concave reflector or antenna" attested from 1948.

Example Sentences for dishes out

Then she swept the stove and set the table, bringing the dishes out of the pantry.

She helped to take the dishes out to Joanna, and begged to wipe them for her.

Tell her,” said the king, “to make twelve dishes out of that one bird.

Mrs. Vernon took charge of the fire, and the scouts made bread, set the dishes out and did other chores.

Vivian and Susie brought the dishes out, and would have washed them or left them till morning for the maids.

I was so small I'd git in a chair to reach the dishes out of the safe.

Supper over and the dishes out of the way we gathered about the stove with cider and butternuts.

As she spoke, the woman carried armfuls of dishes out to the table in the middle of the room.

"We will get the dishes out of the way and then Mollie can show us where we sleep," said Betty.