to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.)
もる
Verb, Transitive
1.
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.), to dish out, to dish up, to fill (a bowl) with
2.
to pile up, to heap up, to fill up, to stack up
3.
to administer (medicine, poison), to dose out, to prescribe
4.
to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
5.
to mark out (e.g. scale), to graduate (e.g. thermometer)
6.
to exaggerate, to apply heavy makeup
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シェフは美しく料理を皿に盛る技術を持っている。
The chef has the skill to beautifully plate dishes.
彼女はパーティーのために、いつもより濃く化粧を盛った。
She applied heavier makeup than usual for the party.
彼はいつも話を盛って話すので、どこまで本当か分からない。
He always exaggerates when he tells stories, so I don't know how much is true.
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