Relish
['relɪʃ] or ['rɛlɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
(noun.) spicy or savory condiment.
Checker: Sheena--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
(v. t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
(v. i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
(n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
(n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
(n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
(n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
(n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Taste, flavor, savor, gusto, gust, zest, power of pleasing.[2]. Liking, fondness, appetite, predilection, partiality.[3]. Quality, tinge, cast, touch, smack, twang.[4]. Appetizer.
v. a. [1]. Like the taste or flavor of, taste with pleasure.[2]. Like, enjoy, be pleased with, take delight in, delight in, have a liking for.
v. n. [1]. Have a pleasing taste, be enjoyable.[2]. Smack, taste, have a flavor.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Like, approve, enjoy, appreciate
ANT:Repudiate, nauseate, reject, abominate, loathe
SYN:Zest, recommendation, enhancement, flavor, savor, gusto, taste, appetite,piquancy, sapidity
ANT:Drawback, disfavor, disrecommendation, nauseousness, disrelish, insipidity,unsavoriness
Checker: Mae
Definition
v.t. to like the taste of: to be pleased with: to enjoy.—v.i. to have an agreeable taste: to give pleasure.—n. an agreeable peculiar taste or quality: enjoyable quality: power of pleasing: inclination or taste for: appetite: just enough to give a flavour: a sauce.—adj. Rel′ishable.
Typist: Osborn
Examples
- Bradley looked down with a ghastly relish. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He told them so, as he poured its contents into what was left of the wine, and drank with a new relish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It must be played--in went the yearned-for seasoning--thus favoured, I played it with relish. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I devoured my bread and drank my coffee with relish; but I should have been glad of as much more--I was still hungry. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I had eaten with relish: the food was good--void of the feverish flavour which had hitherto poisoned what I had swallowed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Evidently he did not relish the thought that Issus had learned of his inglorious defeat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I had my choice of the parts, said Mr. Rushworth; but I thought I should like the Count best, though I do not much relish the finery I am to have. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Do you not know that the squeak of the real pig is no more relished now than it was in days of yore? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He said he always found that, taken without vinegar, they relished the beer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Animal, said Agustín, relishing the word. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I will translate it if you wish, Miss Dengelton, said Crispin, by no means relishing the attention which Eunice was paying to the Greek. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Not exactly relishing this, I said, Never mind me, Joe. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Very,' said Mr. Winkle, not much relishing this close connection of the two names. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am growing up, Guppy, says Mr. Jobling, plying his knife and fork with a relishing steadiness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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