taste
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: thought, esthesis, sensation
2. a strong liking
Similar word(s): penchant, predilection, preference
Definition categories: feeling, liking
3. 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
Similar word(s): appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
Definition categories: thought, discrimination, secernment
4. a brief experience of something
- he got a taste of life on the wild side
- she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
Definition categories: event, experience
5. a small amount eaten or drunk
- take a taste--you'll like it
Similar word(s): mouthful
Definition categories: food
6. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Similar word(s): gustation
Definition categories: thought, modality, exteroception
7. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
Similar word(s): tasting
Definition categories: act, perception, sensing
Sentences with taste as a noun:
- Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
verb
1. have flavor; taste of something
Similar word(s): savor, savour
Definition categories: perception
2. perceive by the sense of taste
- Can you taste the garlic?
Definition categories: perception, comprehend, perceive
3. take a sample of
Definition categories: consumption, consume, have, ingest, take
4. have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- This tastes of nutmeg
Similar word(s): smack
Definition categories: perception, savor, savour, taste
5. distinguish flavors
- We tasted wines last night
Definition categories: perception, identify
6. experience briefly
- The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
Definition categories: cognition, experience, know, live
Sentences with taste as a verb:
- The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
- I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
- They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.