dish
noun
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
has dished
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present perfectof dish (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And for 88 years, Damburger — now operating out of a squat brick-and-mortar restaurant in downtown Redding — has dished out what is, according to its official motto, “the best hamburger by a dam site.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
The VAR will start checking the tackle but there will not be any communication with the referee until he has dished out a card.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
And considering the heartbreak and misery this team has dished out over the years, it’s an understandable reaction.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
In addition to Thursday’s charges, the OCC fined Wells Fargo $500 million in 2018 for product mis-selling, only the second time it has dished out a penalty of that size.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2020
Montesquieu has dished up his serious doctrines into a spicy story, full of epigrams and light topical allusions, and romantic adventures, and fancy visions of the East.
From Landmarks in French Literature by Giles Lytton Strachey
