Definition of garnish

• v. t. - To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
• v. t. - To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
• v. t. - To furnish; to supply.
• v. t. - To fit with fetters.
• v. t. - To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
• n. - Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
• n. - Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
• v. t. - Fetters.
• v. t. - A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.