garnished

2 definitions found

garnished - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser.
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     2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid
        about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
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     3. To furnish; to supply.
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     4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson.
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     5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to
        garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t. --Cowell.
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garnished - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "garnished":
     adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled,
     beribboned, bespangled, decked out, decorated, embellished,
     feathered, festooned, figured, flowered, jeweled, ornamented,
     plumed, spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed,
     wreathed