Entry Word: season

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored <the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven>

Synonyms flavor, savor, spice

Related Words enhance, enrich, sauce; salt, pepper

2 to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness <carefully seasoned the frying pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time> — see condition 1
3 to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure <troops that had been seasoned by months of heavy fighting> — see harden 2
4 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function <her campaign manager is a seasoned veteran of several gubernatorial campaigns> — see qualify 2