Taste
[teɪst] or [test]
Definition
(noun.) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; 'a wine tasting'.
(noun.) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; 'his cold deprived him of his sense of taste'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a brief experience of something; 'he got a taste of life on the wild side'; 'she enjoyed her brief taste of independence'.
(noun.) a small amount eaten or drunk; 'take a taste--you'll like it'.
(verb.) experience briefly; 'The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died' .
(verb.) perceive by the sense of taste; 'Can you taste the garlic?'.
(verb.) distinguish flavors; 'We tasted wines last night'.
(verb.) have flavor; taste of something.
Checked by Claudia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
(v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
(v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
(v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
(v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
(v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
(v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
(v. i.) To take sparingly.
(v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
(n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
(n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
(n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
(n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
(n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
(n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
(n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
(n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
(n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
Editor: Wilma
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.[2]. Experience, perceive, feel.
v. n. [1]. Try the flavor.[2]. Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.[3]. Have perception, have experience.
n. [1]. Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.[2]. Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.[3]. Sense of taste.[4]. Fondness, liking, partiality.[5]. Discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception.
Checker: Nicole
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gustation, savor, flavor, sapidity, relish, perception, judgment, discernment,nicety, critique, sensibility, choice, zest, predilection, delicacy, elegancy,refinement
ANT:Non-gustation, ill-savor, insipidity, disrelish, non-preception,indiscrimination, indiscernment, indelicacy, coarseness, inelegancy
Editor: Shanna
Definition
v.t. to try or perceive by the touch of the tongue or palate: to try by eating a little: to eat a little of: to partake of: to relish enjoy: to experience: (Shak.) to enjoy carnally.—v.i. to try or perceive by the mouth: to have a flavour of.—n. the act or sense of tasting: the particular sensation caused by a substance on the tongue: the sense by which we perceive the flavour of a thing: the quality or flavour of anything: a small portion: intellectual relish or discernment: the faculty by which the mind perceives the beautiful: nice perception: choice predilection.—adjs. Tāst′able that may be tasted; Taste′ful full of taste: having a high relish: showing good taste.—adv. Taste′fully.—n. Taste′fulness.—adj. Taste′less without taste: insipid.—adv. Taste′lessly.—ns. Taste′lessness; Tāst′er one skilful in distinguishing flavours by the taste: one whose duty it is to test the quality of food by tasting it before serving it to his master.—adv. Tāst′ily with good taste neatly.—n. Tāst′ing the act or sense of tasting.—adj. Tāst′y having a good taste: possessing nice perception of excellence: in conformity with good taste.—To one's taste to one's liking agreeable.
Typist: Suzy
Examples
- Or her taste for peculiar people, put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- So glad we have another taste in common besides our taste for Art. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The house, furniture, neighbourhood, and roads, were all to her taste, and Lady Catherine's behaviour was most friendly and obliging. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Well, a taste for society's just another kind of hobby. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The bitter waters of life surged high about him, their sterile taste was on his lips. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- After the effervescence has ceased, a taste of the liquid will show you that the lemon juice has lost its acid nature, and has acquired in exchange a salty taste. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was a hurried breakfast with no taste in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His understanding and tastes are so superior, it does a man good to be within their influence; and as to his temper and nature, I call them fine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yet I almost trembled for fear of making the answer too cordial: Graham's tastes are so fastidious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- What are his tastes? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is the same case with particular sounds, and tastes and smells. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Your town tastes would find them far too countrified. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I know you now, and your tastes and pursuits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Bumble tasted the medicine with a doubtful look; smacked his lips; took another taste; and put the cup down empty. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I never tasted it in my life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He smelt it--tasted it--smiled benignantly--then said: It is inferior--for coffee--but it is pretty fair tea. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Miss Crocker tasted first, made a wry face, and drank some water hastily. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And he stirred it and he tasted it; not with a spoon that was brought to him, but with a file. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The humbled mutineer smelt it, tasted it, and returned to his seat. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A man of any rank may, without any reproach, abstain totally from tasting such liquors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We use the crab-apple for preserving even now, although man’s ingenuity has succeeded in inducing nature to give us many better tasting kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had never been hungrier and he filled his mouth with wine, faintly tarry-tasting from the leather bag, and swallowed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It must be very disagreeable to sleep in a tent, and eat all sorts of bad-tasting things, and drink out of a tin mug, sighed Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Jackson gave a faint sip, as if he had been tasting invisible Madeira. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But, I say, he whispers, with his eyes screwed up, after tasting it, this ain't the Lord Chancellor's fourteenpenny. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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