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Definition of Savour
1. Verb. Have flavor; taste of something. "The food does savour good "
Specialized synonyms: Smack, Taste
Derivative terms: Savor, Taste, Taste, Taste
2. Noun. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
Generic synonyms: Gustatory Perception, Gustatory Sensation, Taste, Taste Perception, Taste Sensation
Specialized synonyms: Lemon, Vanilla
Derivative terms: Flavor, Flavorous, Flavour, Flavourous, Nippy, Savor, Savor, Savoury, Savoury, Smack, Tangy
3. Verb. Give taste to. "The chefs savour the vegetables"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Flavor, Flavour, Season
Derivative terms: Savor
4. Verb. Taste appreciatively. "The chefs savour the vegetables"; "Savor the soup"
5. Verb. Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. "Sam and Sue savour the movie "; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
Entails: Like
Specialized synonyms: Feast One's Eyes, Devour
Derivative terms: Enjoyer, Enjoyment, Enjoyment, Relish
Definition of Savour
1. Noun. the specific taste or smell of something. ¹
2. Noun. a distinctive sensation ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to appreciate, enjoy or relish something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Savour
1. to savor [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: savor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savour
Literary usage of Savour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"2:12.on the altar for a sweet savour. 3: 5. of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
16.made by fire for a smrt savour: 4:31. for a sweet savour unto the Lord ..."
2. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1830)
"This is always a sweet savour to God. The name of Christ is ever delightful to God
... But yet it is nut always a sweet savour to them to whom the gospel is ..."
3. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"been translated thus: " To those indeed wo are a savour of death unto death, but
to those a savour of life unto life," which makes the sense; ..."
4. Six French Poets: Studies in Contemporary Literature by Amy Lowell (1915)
"... you savour of holly, you savour of moss, you savour of red and dying grass
which seeds itself in the shade of hedges ; you savour of nettles and broom, ..."
5. A Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and Greek New Testament by Ethelbert William Bullinger (1908)
"Ju'le i savour, [noun.] U<T¡Í-I'¡, a smell, odour. In NT only of fragrant odour, (Ixx.
form, ... savour (LOSE) savour (SWEET) 8ia, good odour, fragrance, ..."
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