relish

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An appetite for something; a strong appreciation or liking: a relish for luxury.
2. n. Hearty enjoyment; zest. See Synonyms at zest.
3. n. Something that lends pleasure or zest.
4. n. A spicy or savory condiment or appetizer, such as chutney or olives.
5. n. A condiment of chopped sweet pickle.
6. n. The flavor of a food, especially when appetizing. See Synonyms at taste.
7. n. A trace or suggestion of a pleasurable quality.
8. v. To take keen or zestful pleasure in.
9. v. To enjoy the flavor of.
10. v. To give spice or flavor to.
11. v. To have a pleasing or distinctive taste.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To like the taste or flavor of; partake of with pleasure or gratification.
2. To be pleased with or gratified by, in general; have a liking for; enjoy; experience or cause to experience pleasure from.
3. To give an agreeable taste to; impart a pleasing flavor to; cause to taste agreeably.
4. To savor of; have a smack or taste of; have the cast or manner of.
5. To have a pleasing taste; in general, to give pleasure.
6. To have a flavor, literally or figuratively.
7. n. A sensation of taste; savor; flavor; especially, a pleasing taste; hence, pleasing quality in general.
8. n. Perception or appreciation of peculiar, especially of pleasing, quality in anything; taste, in general; liking; appetite: generally used with for before the thing, sometimes with of.
9. n. A peculiar or characteristic, and especially a pleasing, quality in an object; the power of pleasing; hence, delight given by anything.
10. n. A small quantity just perceptible; tincture; smack.
11. n. That which is used to impart a flavor; especially, something taken with food to increase the pleasure of eating, as sauce; also, a small highly seasoned dish to stimulate the appetite, as caviare, olives, etc. See hors-d'æuvre.
12. n. In harpsichord music, an embellishment or grace consisting of a repetition of a principal note with a trill and a turn after it: usually double relish, but see also single relish, under single. Synonyms Zest, gusto, predilection, partiality.
13. In joinery, to shape (the shoulders of a tenon which bear against a rail). See relishing-machine.
14. n. In joinery, projection of the shoulder of a tenoned piece beyond the part which enters the mortise.

Wiktionary

1. n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
2. n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
3. n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
4. 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.
5. n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
6. n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. 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.
2. v. To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
3. v. To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
4. n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
5. n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
6. n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
7. 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.
8. n. (Carp.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
2. n. vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
3. n. spicy or savory condiment
4. v. derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in