Meaning

6 senses

  1. To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

    verzieren

    украша́тьukrašátʹ, укра́ситьukrásitʹ

  2. To ornament with something placed around it.

    a dish garnished with a sprig/spray of parsley

    verzieren, garnieren

    гарни́роватьgarnírovatʹ

  3. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.

  4. To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnishee.

  5. (archaic)To furnish; to supply.

    снабжа́тьsnabžátʹ, снабди́тьsnabdítʹ

  6. (archaic, slang)To fit with fetters; to fetter.

More definitions
  • decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  • take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

Examples

21 sentences

  1. What's the garnish for this drink?

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  2. We garnished the buns with pickles.

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  3. Tom garnished his soup with sour cream.

    ruТом положил в суп сметану. — marafon

    deTom verfeinerte seine Suppe mit saurer Sahne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. She garnished the bun with fresh herbs.

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  5. She garnished the cake with fresh mint leaves.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to decorate with ornamental appendages:
to ornament (food):
to furnish; to supply:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to decorate with ornamental appendages:
to ornament (food):

Origin

From Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the ver

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.

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Forms

garnishes, garnishing, garnished, garnished
Base formgarnish · to garnish
3rd person singulargarnishes
Present participlegarnishing
Past simplegarnished
Past participlegarnished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygarnish
he, she, itgarnishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsgarnished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave garnished
he, she, ithas garnished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill garnish

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods:trimdress
  • take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support:garnishee

Word family

12 related words
RelatedgarmentB1garnisongarnituregarnishment
Deriveddisgarnishgarnishablegarnisheegarnishergarnishorgarnishryregarnishungarnish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
garnergarnetgarrisongarter
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