Garnish

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To enhance in appearance by adding decorative touches; embellish.
  • transitive verb. To decorate (prepared food or drink) with small colorful or savory items.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To seize (property such as wages) by garnishment.
  • transitive verb. To serve (someone) with papers announcing the garnishment of that person's property in order to satisfy a debt.
  • noun. An ornamentation or embellishment, especially one added to a prepared food or drink for decoration or added flavor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 1. To fortify; defend.
  • To adorn; decorate with ornaments or appendages; set off.
  • To fit with fetters.
  • To furnish; supply; garrison.
  • In cookery, to ornament, as a dish, with something laid round it.
  • In law, to warn; give notice.
  • noun. Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration; dress; array.
  • noun. In cookery, something placed round or added to a principal dish at table, either for embellishment merely or for use as a relish.
  • noun. A set of dishes, plates, and the like, for table use.
  • noun. Fetters.
  • noun. A fee, as to a servant; specifically, money formerly paid by a prisoner on his going to prison as a fee to fellow-prisoners: now illegal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
  • transitive verb. To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it.
  • transitive verb. To furnish; to supply.
  • transitive verb. To fit with fetters.
  • transitive verb. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
  • noun. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
  • noun. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
  • noun. Fetters.
  • noun. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
  • noun. a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
  • verb. To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  • verb. To furnish; to supply.
  • verb. To fit with fetters.
  • verb. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.
  • noun. a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  • noun. pewter vessels in general.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  • noun. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
  • verb. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
  • noun. something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
  • Word Usage
    "This, he said, was what they call garnish, and concluded with advising his new customer to draw his purse upon the present occasion."
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    tarnish  varnish  
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    garnishee  
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