Crossword clues for garnishing
garnishing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
All within with flowers was garnished.
--Spenser. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
To furnish; to supply.
To fit with fetters. [Cant]
--Johnson.(Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
--Cowell.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of garnish English)
Usage examples of "garnishing".
There was no lettuce, but Troy had arranged a decorative pinwheel of alternating tomato and cucumber slices, garnishing the platter with stuffed deviled egg halves.
If Murgh's wisdom be true, as I think, these are but garnishings to the dish which can well be spared by the hungry soul.