1great enthusiasm and energy:they campaigned with zest and intelligence [in singular]:she had a great zest for life
a quality of excitement and piquancy:I used to try to beat past records to add zest to my monotonous job
2the outer coloured part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as flavouring:add 3 tablespoons of lemon zest
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Universal
scrape off the outer coloured part of the peel of (a piece of citrus fruit) for use as flavouring:zest the orange and lemon, taking care to discard all of the white pith