taste

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Hyponyms 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• tast (obsolete)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /teɪst/
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• Rhymes: -eɪst

[edit] Noun

taste (countable and uncountable; plural tastes)

1. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.
2. (countable) and (uncountable): A person’s generic, implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.

   Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.

3. (uncountable): a metaphorical usage describing having a small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

[edit] Usage notes

• Taste is often confused and/or mixed somewhat with smelling.
• The primary sensations classified as taste are: sweet, sour, bitter and salty.

[edit] Synonyms

• smack
• smatch

[edit] Hyponyms

• relish
• savor

[edit] Derived terms

• tasty

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[edit] Verb

to taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)

1. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
2. (intransitive) To have a taste.

   The chicken tasted great.

3. To experience.

   Voltaire is quoted to have said "I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise".

   Livy is quoted to have said "They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom".

[edit] Synonyms

• smack

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