Sekirov Dictionary

taste

/teɪst/

noun 8
verb 7
forms 5
phrases 4

noun8

•
one of the feelings, such as sweet or salty, that the tongue gets from food or drink
- He had a strange taste in his mouth.
- Venison has a strong taste.
•
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
•
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- I have developed a taste for fine wine.
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
•
(figurative) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.
•
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- His taste was impaired by an illness.
(dialect) The least amount or portion of something; a jot.
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

verb7

•
To sample the flavor of something orally.
- when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine — 1611
•
To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
•
To take sparingly.
- Age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours. — 1699
•
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- I tasted a little of this honey. — 1611
•
(figurative) To experience.
- I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
- They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
•
To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.
(no longer used) To try by the touch; to handle.

forms

tasted · tasting · tastes · tasteth · tastest

Phrases with taste

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