taste /tāst/

1. The act of tasting
2. The particular sensation caused by a substance on the tongue
3. The sense by which we perceive the flavour of a thing
4. The quality or flavour of anything
5. A small portion
6. An experience
7. Discernment of, or accordance with, what is socially right or acceptable
8. The faculty by which the mind perceives the beautiful or elegant
9. Fine perception
10. Choice, predilection, liking
11. The act of testing (obsolete)

1. To try, or to perceive, by the sense located in the tongue and palate
2. To try or test by eating or drinking a small amount
3. To eat or drink a small amount of
4. To partake of
5. To experience, perceive
6. To try, test (obsolete)
7. To relish, enjoy (archaic)
8. To enjoy carnally (Shakespeare)
9. To give a flavour to (rare)

1. To try or perceive by the mouth
2. To have a flavour (with of)
3. To act as taster

tāstˈable adjective

tāstˈed adjective

Having a taste

tasteˈful adjective

1. Full of taste
2. Having a pleasant or a high relish
3. Showing good taste

tasteˈfully adverb

tasteˈfulness noun

tasteˈless adjective

1. Without taste
2. Without good taste
3. Insipid

tasteˈlessly adverb

tasteˈlessness noun

tāstˈer noun

1. Someone skilful in distinguishing flavours by the taste
2. Someone employed to test the innocuousness of food by tasting it before serving it to his or her master or mistress (historical)
3. Any implement or device used to obtain samples for tasting
4. A publisher's reader (informal)
5. An extract or sample (informal)

tāstˈily adverb

tāstˈiness noun

tāstˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. An event at which wine, cheese, etc is sampled

tāstˈy adjective (tāstˈier; tāstˈiest)

1. Savoury, appetizing
2. Interesting, attractive (slang)
3. Tasteful (informal)

taste bud noun

A group of cells on the tongue sensitive to taste (also taste bulb)

good taste

Intuitive feeling for what is aesthetically or socially right

to one's taste

To one's liking, agreeable to one

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