- to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate: a free-standing wall whose lower reaches are garnished by hanging gardens.
- to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley.
- Law.
- to attach (as money due or property belonging to a debtor) by garnishment; garnishee: The court garnished his wages when he refused to pay child support.
- to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others.
- something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc.
- adornment or decoration.
- a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers.
- to decorate; trim
- to add something to (food) in order to improve its appearance or flavour
- law
- to serve with notice of proceedings; warn
- to summon to proceedings already in progress
- to attach (a debt)
- to extort money from
- a decoration; trimming
- something, such as parsley, added to a dish for its flavour or decorative effect
- a payment illegally extorted, as from a prisoner by his jailer
