[gahr-nish] 
| 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. |
| gar·nish (gär'nĭsh) 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.] |