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gar⋅nish
[gahr-nish] 
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate. |
| 2. | to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley. |
| 3. | Law.
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| 4. | something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc. |
| 5. | adornment or decoration. |
| 6. | Chiefly British. a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers. |
Origin:
1300–50; ME garnishen < OF garniss- (extended s. of garnir, guarnir to furnish < Gmc); cf. warn
1300–50; ME garnishen < OF garniss- (extended s. of garnir, guarnir to furnish < Gmc); cf. warn
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Language Translation for : Garnish
| Spanish: | guarnecer, aderezar, adornar, | German: | garnieren, | Japanese: | 添える |
| gar·nish
(gär'nĭsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. gar·nished, gar·nish·ing, gar·nish·es
[Middle English garnishen, from Old French garnir, garniss-, of Germanic origin; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
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garnish
c.1300, from O.Fr. garniss-, stem of garnir "provide, furnish, defend," from P.Gmc. *warnejan "be cautious, guard, provide for" (cf. O.E. warnian "to take warning, beware;" see warn). Sense evolution is from "arm oneself" to "fit out" to "embellish," which was the earliest meaning in Eng., though the others also were used in M.E. Culinary sense of "to decorate a dish for the table" predominated after 1693. Older meaning survives in legal sense of "warning of attachment of funds" (1585).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| garnish | |
noun | |
| 1. | something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration |
| 2. | any decoration added as a trimming or adornment |
verb | |
| 1. | 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] |
| 2. | decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim] |
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Main Entry: gar·nish
Pronunciation: 'gär-nish
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Anglo-French garniss-, stem of garnir to garnish, give legal summons, warn, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warnOn to take heed
1 : to subject (property or money) to garnishment
2 : to seek satisfaction of (a debt) through garnishment —compare ATTACH, LEVY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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. All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser. 2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 3. To furnish; to supply. 4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson. 5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. --Cowell.Garnish
Gar"nish\, n. 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. --Shak. Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. --Prior. 2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2. --Smart. 3. Fetters. [Cant] 4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding. Garnish bolt (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. --Knight.
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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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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