taste

Noun

• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
  • a wine tasting
    

• the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
  • his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
    

• a small amount eaten or drunk
  • take a taste--you'll like it
    

• a brief experience of something
  • he got a taste of life on the wild side
    
  • she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
    

• 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
    

• a strong liking
  • my own preference is for good literature
    
  • the Irish have a penchant for blarney
    

• 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
    

Verb

• experience briefly
  • The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
    

• distinguish flavors
  • We tasted wines last night
    

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste
  • This tastes of nutmeg
    

• take a sample of
  • Try these new crackers
    
  • Sample the regional dishes
    

• perceive by the sense of taste
  • Can you taste the garlic?
    

• have flavor; taste of something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tasting , gustation , sense of taste , gustatory modality , mouthful , appreciation , discernment , perceptiveness , preference , penchant , predilection , taste sensation , gustatory sensation , taste perception , gustatory perception , smack , sample , try , try out , savor , savour