'Garnish' definitions:

Definition of 'garnish'

From: WordNet
noun
Something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
noun
Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
verb
Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: garnishee, garnish]
verb
Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress]

Definition of 'Garnish'

From: GCIDE
  • Garnish \Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Garnishing.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warn[=o]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, and cf. Garment, Garrison.]
  • 1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. [1913 Webster]
  • All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish; to supply. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Garnish'

From: GCIDE
  • Garnish \Gar"nish\, n.
  • 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. [1913 Webster]
  • So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2. --Smart. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fetters. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
  • Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Garnish'

From: Easton
  • Garnish overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44).
  • In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful.

Synonyms of 'garnish'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Garnish'