Dishes

To see dishes in your dream, represents ideas, concepts, and attitudes.

It may also be a pun for what you are "dishing" out to others. If the dishes are dirty and unwashed, then it signifies dissatisfaction and an unpromising outlook. You may have overlooked some problems in your life or you have not confronted your emotions.

To dream that you are washing dishes, suggests that you are moving on and planning for the next thing that comes your way.

To see shelves of polished dishes, suggests that you are doing your best and making the best out of a situation. You are trying to make a good impression.

To see broken dishes in your dream, signifies feelings of poverty, lack, and inadequacy. You may feel that you are not meeting the expectations of others.

Dictionary definition

n. 1: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"
2: a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
3: the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice" [syn: dish, dishful]
4: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
5: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: dish, dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer]
6: an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" [syn: cup of tea, bag, dish]
v. 1: provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" [syn: serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish]
2: make concave; shape like a dish