garnish
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gar·nish 
[gahr-nish] Pronunciation Key
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[gahr-nish] Pronunciation Key –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]
] —Related forms
gar·nish·a·ble, adjective
gar·nish·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. embellish, ornament, beautify, trim, bedeck, bedizen, set off, enhance. 5. ornament; garniture.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| gar·nish
(gär'nĭsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. gar·nished, gar·nish·ing, gar·nish·es
n.
[Middle English garnishen, from Old French garnir, garniss-, of Germanic origin; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
garnish
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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| 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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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
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
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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