taste

B1
Pronunciation
/teɪst/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He had a strange taste in his mouth.
2 Definition

The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.

Example Sentences
  • His taste was impaired by an illness.
3 Definition

A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.

4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
5 Definition

Personal preference; liking; predilection.

Example Sentences
  • I have developed a taste for fine wine.
6 Definition

A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

7 Definition

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To sample the flavor of something orally.

2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
3 Definition

To experience.

Example Sentences
  • I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
4 Definition

To take sparingly.

5 Definition

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

6 Definition

To try by the touch; to handle.