Example sentences from the Web for savour

Her splendid vitality had done something to life for him—had given it savour.
The Shuttle|Frances Hodgson Burnett
Their depredations do not lessen the sweetness of flowers, nor the savour of herbs.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879|Various
Shocked and grieved though it might or might not be, Winnebago still had the fortitude to savour this with relish.
Gigolo|Edna Ferber
I knew if those letters ceased to come all savour would go out of my life.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922|Lucy Maud Montgomery

Yet it was not pure ghoulishness; it was simply the boy's greed for experience and the savour of adventure.
The Secret Battle|A. P. Herbert

savour

US savor

/ (ˈseɪvə) /

noun

the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste or smell

a specific taste or smellthe savour of lime

a slight but distinctive quality or trace

the power to excite interestthe savour of wit has been lost

archaic reputation

verb

(intr often foll by of) to possess the taste or smell (of)

(intr often foll by of) to have a suggestion (of)

(tr) to give a taste to; season

(tr) to taste or smell, esp appreciatively

(tr) to relish or enjoy

Derived forms of savour

savourless or US savorless, adjectivesavorous, adjective

Word Origin for savour

C13: from Old French savour, from Latin sapor taste, from sapere to taste

Words nearby savour

Savonarola, Savonarola chair, Savonarola, Girolamo, savor, savory, savour, savoury, Savoy, Savoy Alps, Savoyard, Savoy cabbage

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	savour
释义	Example sentences from the Web for savour Her splendid vitality had done something to life for him—had given it savour. The Shuttle\|Frances Hodgson Burnett Their depredations do not lessen the sweetness of flowers, nor the savour of herbs. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879\|Various Shocked and grieved though it might or might not be, Winnebago still had the fortitude to savour this with relish. Gigolo\|Edna Ferber I knew if those letters ceased to come all savour would go out of my life. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922\|Lucy Maud Montgomery Yet it was not pure ghoulishness; it was simply the boy's greed for experience and the savour of adventure. The Secret Battle\|A. P. Herbert savour US savor / (ˈseɪvə) / noun the quality in a substance that is perceived by the sense of taste or smell a specific taste or smellthe savour of lime a slight but distinctive quality or trace the power to excite interestthe savour of wit has been lost archaic reputation verb (intr often foll by of) to possess the taste or smell (of) (intr often foll by of) to have a suggestion (of) (tr) to give a taste to; season (tr) to taste or smell, esp appreciatively (tr) to relish or enjoy Derived forms of savour savourless or US savorless, adjectivesavorous, adjective Word Origin for savour C13: from Old French savour, from Latin sapor taste, from sapere to taste Words nearby savour Savonarola, Savonarola chair, Savonarola, Girolamo, savor, savory, savour, savoury, Savoy, Savoy Alps, Savoyard, Savoy cabbage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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