plate up

English

Verb

plate up (third-person singular simple present plates up, present participle plating up, simple past and past participle plated up)

1. To dish out or place food on a plate prior to serving.
   • 2021 February, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 39, column 2:

     Bugs, oysters, prawns and crabs [...] are plated up on the decks of four side-by-side trawlers bobbing on the calm waters of Trinity Inlet.

Anagrams

• upleapt