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Definition & Synonyms
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• Taste
- (v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
- (v. i.) To take sparingly.
- (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
- (n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- (v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
- (n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
- (n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
- (v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of natures bounty.
- (n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
- (v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
- (v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
- (n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
- (v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
- (v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
- (n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
- (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
- (v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
Synonyms:
Appreciation, Discernment, Gustation, Mouthful, Penchant, Predilection, Preference, Sample, Savor, Smack, Tasting, Try,
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• Tasteful
- (a.) Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery.
- (a.) Having a high relish; savory.
Synonyms:
Neat, Refined,
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• Tasted
- (imp. & p. p.) of Taste
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