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Noun: taste teyst- The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
"the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
- taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception - A strong liking
- preference, penchant, predilection - Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
- appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness - A brief experience of something
"he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence" - A small amount eaten or drunk
"take a taste--you'll like it"
- mouthful - The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
"his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
- gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality - A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- tasting
Verb: taste teyst- Have flavour; taste of something
- savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn] - Perceive by the sense of taste
"Can you taste the garlic?" - Take a sample of
- sample, try, try out - Have a distinctive or characteristic taste
"This tastes of nutmeg"
- smack - Distinguish flavours
"We tasted wines last night" - Experience briefly
"The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
Derived forms: tasting, tastes, tasted See also: gustatorial, tasteful, tasteless, taster, tasting, tasty Type of: aesthesis, comprehend, consume, discrimination, esthesis [US], experience, exteroception, have, identify, ingest, know, liking, live, modality, perceive, perception, secernment, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sense modality, sensing, sensory system, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, take, take in Part of: helping, portion, serving Encyclopedia: Taste |