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What does relish mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word relish? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  2. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  3. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  4. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
  5. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  6. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  7. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
Verb
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. [16th-19th c.]
  2. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing. [from 16th c.]
  3. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]
  4. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
  5. (transitive) to look forward to
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