MEANING
1. To take strong, deliberate pleasure in something.
2. A seasoned preparation served with food to enhance its flavor.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- relish a challenge
- relish an opportunity
On the page
She relished the chance to question the expert.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- relish
- Past tense
- relished
- Past participle
- relished
- Present participle
- relishing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- relish
- Present continuous
- am/is/are relishing
- Present perfect
- have/has relished
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been relishing
- Past
- relished
- Past continuous
- was/were relishing
- Past perfect
- had relished
- Past perfect continuous
- had been relishing
- Future
- will relish
- Future continuous
- will be relishing
- Future perfect
- will have relished
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been relishing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: relish; relishes; relished; relished; relishing. Noun singular relish; plural relishes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: relishes.
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