dishing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of dish

adj

1. Shaped like a dish; concave.

noun

1. A dish shape or deformation; a concavity.
2. (figuratively, sometimes)The act of placing in a dish, as when presenting food to be served.

   “The new musical coatings given to these old forms and fiavourings have ever been the curse of musical progress in this country, and it is high time that such “dishings-up” were turned away from, once and for ever, by the music-loving public.”