season
verb/ˈsiːzn/
/ˈsiːzn/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they season | /ˈsiːzn/ /ˈsiːzn/ |
| he / she / it seasons | /ˈsiːznz/ /ˈsiːznz/ |
| past simple seasoned | /ˈsiːznd/ /ˈsiːznd/ |
| past participle seasoned | /ˈsiːznd/ /ˈsiːznd/ |
| -ing form seasoning | /ˈsiːznɪŋ/ /ˈsiːznɪŋ/ |
- season (something) (with something) to add salt, pepper, etc. to food in order to make it taste better
- Season the lamb with garlic.
- Add the mushrooms, and season to taste (= add as much salt, pepper, etc. as you think is necessary).
- Season the meat well with salt and pepper.
- highly seasoned food
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- lightly
- well
- with
- highly seasoned
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French seson, from Latin satio(n-) ‘sowing’, later ‘time of sowing’, from the root of serere ‘to sow’.Definitions on the go
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