garnish
Translation
to garnish, to decorate, to garnishee
Examples
Garnish the soup with fresh parsley.
Garnish the soup with fresh parsley.
They garnished his wages to pay the debt.
They garnished his wages to pay the debt.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) ((with sth.)) to decorate (sth.) with (sth.). Garnish the soup with parsley.
Similar Words
decorate, adorn, embellish
Etymology
From Old French `garnir` 'to provide, equip, fortify'. The sense of 'decorate food' is a later development.
Memory Tips
You grow herbs in your `gar`den to `garnish` your food.