garnish

Meaning

Verb

1. To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
2. To ornament with something placed around it.
3. (archaic) To furnish; to supply.
4. (archaic, slang) To fit with fetters; to fetter.
5. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
6. To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
2. (countable, uncountable) Pewter vessels in general.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something added for embellishment.
4. (countable, uncountable) Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
5. (countable, uncountable) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
6. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Fetters.
7. (historical, slang, uncountable) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
8. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) Cash.

Synonyms

decorate

adorn

ornament

embellish

trim

deck

bedeck

dress

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beautify

festoon

furnish

garnishee

decoration

trimmings

emblazon

adornment

array

vegetables

garniture

grace

embellishment

accompany

side dish

prank

prettify

prim

primp

prink

relish

rise

seize

spangle

taste

titivate

tog

topping

side-dish

trimming

doll up

attach goods

ornamental pattern

ornamental design

embrave

attachment of debtor’s property

accessory

asume

accoutre

attire

bedight

bedizen

Translations

garnieren

guarnecer

garnir

garneren

schmücken

guarnecer

verzieren

décorer

guarnir

ornare

süslemek

enfeitar

versieren

adornar

garniture

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɑɹnɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: garnysshen

Cognate with Old English: wiernan

In summary

From Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the verb garnir, guarnir, warnir (“to provide, furnish, avert, defend, warn, fortify, garnish”), from a conflation of Old Frankish *warnijan (“to refuse, deny”) and *warnōn (“warn, protect, prepare, beware, guard oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, care, heed”) and Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend, protect, cover”). Cognate with Old English wiernan (“to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid, prevent from, avert”) and warnian (“to warn, caution, take warning, take heed, guard oneself against, deny”). More at warn.