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Meaning of 'taste' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Taste [ n.]
- The act of tasting; gustation.
- 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.
- The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
- Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
- The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
- Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
- Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
- A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
2 . Taste [ 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.
- To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
- To take sparingly.
- To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
3 . Taste [ v. t.]
- To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
- 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.
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
- To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

Meaning of 'taste' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . taste [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
Example in sentence:
  • a wine tasting
Meaning (2):
- delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Example in sentence:
  • arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success;
  • to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Meaning (3):
- a brief experience of something
Example in sentence:
  • he got a taste of life on the wild side;
  • she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
Meaning (4):
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
Example in sentence:
  • his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Meaning (5):
- a strong liking
Example in sentence:
  • my own preference is for good literature;
  • the Irish have a penchant for blarney
Meaning (6):
- a small amount eaten or drunk
Example in sentence:
  • take a taste--you'll like it
Meaning (7):
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
Example in sentence:
  • the candy left him with a bad taste;
  • the melon had a delicious taste
8 . taste [ v]
Meaning (8):
- perceive by the sense of taste
Example in sentence:
  • Can you taste the garlic?
Meaning (9):
- take a sample of
Example in sentence:
  • Sample the regional dishes;
  • Try these new crackers
Meaning (10):
- experience briefly
Example in sentence:
  • The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
Meaning (11):
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
Example in sentence:
  • This tastes of nutmeg
Meaning (12):
- distinguish flavors
Example in sentence:
  • We tasted wines last night

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