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garnish

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Synonyms: garish, tarnish, varnish, garfish, harnish

Antonyms: garish, tarnish, varnish, garfish, harnish

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. To [[decorate]] with [[ornament]]s; to [[adorn]]; to [[embellish]].
  2. {{lb|en|cooking}} To [[ornament]] with something [[placed]] around it.
  3. {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[furnish]]; to [[supply]].
  4. {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} To [[fit]] with [[fetters]]; to [[fetter]].<ref>{{w|Samuel Johnson}}, ''{{w|A Dictionary of the English Language}}'', 1755.<sup>[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_nCJWAAAAcAAJ]</sup></ref>
  5. {{lb|en|legal}} To [[warn]] by [[garnishment]]; to give [[notice]] to.
  6. {{lb|en|legal}} To have (money) set aside by [[court order]] (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to [[garnishee]].

Noun

  1. A set of [[dish]]es, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  2. [[pewter|Pewter]] vessels in general.
  3. Something added for [[embellishment]].
  4. Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
  5. {{lb|en|cookery}} Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
  6. {{lb|en|slang|obsolete}} [[fetter|Fetters]].
  7. {{lb|en|slang|historical|uncountable}} A [[fee]]; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
  8. {{lb|en|US|slang}} [[cash|Cash]].<ref>Tom Dalzell (ed.), ''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'', New York: Routledge, 8th edition, 1984.</ref>

Proper noun

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