to season
- verb
- /ˈsiːzən/
- And then we're just going to season these Tri tips.
So I'm going to be like seasoning up my foods going Ollie, put this in your air fryer.
- So I'm going to be like seasoning up my foods going Ollie, put this in your air fryer.
Examples
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We juice Granny Smith apples, season them with salt, sugar, and malic acid.
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First up is 1 chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Blog text (1) -
When I was in the kitchen, we had to season a roast.
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Oil goes in and you season that fish and you do not shake that pan.
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Kirk takes the bottle and uses it to season the eggs.
Fiction book (1994) -
OK, now I'm going to mix it, season it with salt and pepper.
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And she doesn't know how to season her food properly.
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All right, so I've seasoned the salmon with salt and pepper.
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To make this dish, dry pinto beans are cooked for two to four hours and seasoned with onion, garlic, and/or chili powder.
Academic text (2003) -
To enhance the flavor of the dish, make sure to season it with fresh herbs and spices.
Synonyms
To give food or drink a certain taste by adding spices
To put small white crystals on food to make it taste better or last longer
To add plant seasonings to food to give it more flavor
To sprinkle a ground spice over food to add taste
To add fragrant Indian spices to food
To add spices or herbs to food to make it taste better
To make something salty by adding salt
To add herbs or spices to a dish to make it tastier
To preserve food by adding salt so it lasts longer
To add salt to food, often to preserve or flavor it
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
The part of the year when people play baseball games from spring to early autumn
- Literature
A late summer time when newspapers and TV run silly, unimportant stories
- Slang
A time when someone is distracted by boys and does not focus on work or study
- Jargon
A baseball season when a player leads the league in batting average, home runs and runs batted in
Time in spring when pollen is high and many people sneeze or have itchy eyes
The time when male and female sheep are kept together to breed, usually in autumn
How Seasoned
Surface Forms
Etymology
The cooking verb season comes from the idea of making food reach the right 'readiness' or taste. So to season is to add salt, herbs, or spices to give a dish the right 'taste'.