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taste
(t/eI/st
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noun (n)
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus(noun.cognition)Example:
The candy left him with a bad taste.
The melon had a delicious taste.
source: wordnet30 - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)(noun.cognition)Example:
Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success.
To ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste.
source: wordnet30 - a brief experience of something(noun.event)Example:
He got a taste of life on the wild side.
She enjoyed her brief taste of independence.
source: wordnet30 - a small amount eaten or drunk(noun.food)Example:
Take a taste--you'll like it.
source: wordnet30 - the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth(noun.cognition)Example:
His cold deprived him of his sense of taste.
source: wordnet30 - a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The act of tasting; gustation.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- perceive by the sense of taste(verb.perception)Example:
Can you taste the garlic?.
source: wordnet30 - have a distinctive or characteristic taste(verb.perception)Example:
This tastes of nutmeg.
source: wordnet30 - distinguish flavors(verb.perception)Example:
We tasted wines last night.
source: wordnet30 - experience briefly(verb.cognition)Example:
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died.
source: wordnet30 - To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913