<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate: a free-standing wall whose lower reaches are garnished by hanging gardens.</li><li>Synonyms: enhance, bedizen, bedeck, trim, beautify, ornament, embellish.</li><li>to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley.</li><li>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.</li><li>to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc.</li><li>adornment or decoration.</li><li>Synonyms: garniture, ornament.</li><li>Chiefly British: a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers.</li></ul>