Meaning of 'taste'

noun

delicate discrimination, especially of aesthetic values

Example: "Arrogance and lack of taste don't often lead to rapid success in life."

Synonyms: appreciation

noun

a brief experience of something

Example: "I got a taste of life on the wild side in the big city."

noun

a strong liking

Synonyms: preference predilection penchant

noun

a small amount eaten or drunk

Example: "take a taste--you'll like it"

Synonyms: mouthful

verb

experience briefly

Example: "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before they died."

verb

take a sample of

Synonyms: try

verb

perceive by the sense of taste

Example: "Can you taste the garlic?"

verb

distinguish flavors

Example: "We tasted wines last night"

verb

have flavor

Example: "taste of something"

Synonyms: savor savour

verb

have a distinctive or characteristic taste

Example: "This tastes of nutmeg"

Synonyms: smack

noun

a kind of sensing

Example: "distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds"

Synonyms: tasting

noun

the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

Example: "My cold deprived me of my sense of taste."

Synonyms: gustation sense of taste gustatory modality

noun

the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

Example: "The candy left them with a bad taste."

Synonyms: taste sensation gustatory sensation taste perception gustatory perception