relish > define

noun

• Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
  • synonyms: gusto, zest, zestfulness
• Spicy or savory condiment.
• The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
  • synonyms: flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang

verb

• Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.
  • usage: "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
  • synonyms: enjoy, bask, savor, savour

• (n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
• (n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
• (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
• (v.t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
• (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.
• (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.
• (v.i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
• (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.