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Definition of Taste
1. Verb. Have flavor; taste of something. "The food does taste good "
2. Noun. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. ; "The melon had a delicious taste"
Generic synonyms: Aesthesis, Esthesis, Sensation, Sense Datum, Sense Experience, Sense Impression
Specialized synonyms: Flavor, Flavour, Nip, Relish, Sapidity, Savor, Savour, Smack, Tang, Sugariness, Sweet, Sweetness, Sour, Sourness, Tartness, Bitter, Bitterness, Salinity, Salt, Saltiness, Astringence, Astringency, Finish, Flatness, Mellowness
3. Verb. Perceive by the sense of taste. "Can you taste the garlic?"
4. Noun. A strong liking. "The Irish have a penchant for blarney"
Generic synonyms: Liking
Specialized synonyms: Acquired Taste, Weakness
Derivative terms: Prefer
5. Verb. Take a sample of. "They taste more bread"; "Sample the regional dishes"
Generic synonyms: Consume, Have, Ingest, Take, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Degust
Derivative terms: Sample, Sampler, Sampler, Sampler, Taster, Tasting, Tasting, Trial, Trier, Tryout
6. Noun. Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). "To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
Generic synonyms: Discrimination, Secernment
Specialized synonyms: Connoisseurship, Vertu, Virtu, Style, Trend, Vogue, Delicacy, Discretion, Culture
Attributes: Tasteful, Tasteless
Derivative terms: Perceptive
7. Verb. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste. "This tastes of nutmeg"
8. Noun. A brief experience of something. "She enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
9. Verb. Distinguish flavors. "We tasted wines last night"
10. Noun. A small amount eaten or drunk. "Take a taste--you'll like it"
Group relationships: Helping, Portion, Serving
Specialized synonyms: Bit, Bite, Morsel, Sup, Swallow
Generic synonyms: Small Indefinite Amount, Small Indefinite Quantity
11. Verb. Experience briefly. "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
12. Noun. The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth. "His cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
Generic synonyms: Modality, Sense Modality, Sensory System, Exteroception
Derivative terms: Gustatorial, Gustatory, Tasty
13. Noun. A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. "A wine tasting"
Definition of Taste
1. v. t. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
2. v. i. To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
3. n. The act of tasting; gustation.
Definition of Taste
1. Noun. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals. ¹
2. Noun. (countable and uncountable): A person’s implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (uncountable figuratively): A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To have a '''taste'''. ¹
6. Verb. To experience. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taste
1. to perceive the flavor of by taking into the mouth [v TASTED, TASTING, TASTES] : TASTABLE [adj]
Medical Definition of Taste
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1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. "Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find." (Chaucer)
2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. "When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine." (John II. 9) "When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse." (Gibbon)
3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. "I tasted a little of this honey." (1 Sam. Xiv. 29)
4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. "He . . . Should taste death for every man." (Heb. Ii. 9)
5. To partake of; to participate in; usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. "Thou . . . Wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary." (Milton)
Origin: OE. Tasten to feel, to taste, OF. Taster, F. Tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) LL. Taxitare, fr. L. Taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. See Tax.
1. The act of tasting; gustation.
2. A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
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