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DISH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provide (usually but not necessarily food)
Example:
The entertainers served up a lively show
Synonyms:
dish; dish out; dish up; serve; serve up
Classified under:
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