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Meaning of taste in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

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taste

/teɪst/

Phonetics

/teɪst/

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noun

  • One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.

    Example: He had a strange taste in his mouth.
  • The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.

    Example: His taste was impaired by an illness.
  • A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.

  • A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

    Example: Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
  • Personal preference; liking; predilection.

    Example: I have developed a taste for fine wine.
  • A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

  • A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.


verb

  • To sample the flavor of something orally.

  • To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.

    Example: The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
  • To experience.

    Example: I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
  • To take sparingly.

  • To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

  • To try by the touch; to handle.