season

²season

verb

sea·sonedsea·son·ing\ˈsēz-niŋ, ˈsē-z^ən-iŋ\

Definition of SEASON

transitive verb

1

a : to give (food) more flavor or zest by adding seasoning or savory ingredients b : to give a distinctive quality to as if by seasoning; especially : to make more agreeable <advice seasoned with wit> c archaic : to qualify by admixture : temper

2

a : to treat (as wood or a skillet) so as to prepare for use b : to make fit by experience <a seasoned veteran>

intransitive verb

: to become seasoned

Examples of SEASON

1. You must season the firewood.
2. <the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven>

Origin of SEASON

Middle English sesounen, back-formation from sesounde flavored, from Anglo-French seisoné brought to a desired state, from seison

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SEASON

Synonyms: flavor, lace, savor (also savour), spice

Antonyms: decondition

Related Words: enhance, enrich, sauce; pepper, salt; aromatize, perfume

Near Antonyms: emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weaken; cripple, debilitate, hamstring, incapacitate; sensitize

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Rhymes with SEASON

reason