garnish
part of speech
verb (garnish, garnishes, garnished, garnishing); noun (garnishes)
meaning for a pupil
1) To garnish is to decorate food with a small extra bit, such as parsley or a slice of lemon, to make it look nice. tree →
2) (old use) To garnish a throne or hall is to decorate it with jewels or ornaments. tree →
sense in the lessons
in cooking, a sprig of parsley or a lemon slice put on a dish to make it tempting; in old tales a throne or hall decorated with gems
examples
- Mum garnished the fish with a sprig of parsley. tree →
- Add a lemon slice to garnish the cake. tree →
- The throne was garnished with pearls and diamonds. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «garnish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.