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      taste
      noun
      One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
      The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
      A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
      Personal preference; liking; predilection.
      (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
      (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
      A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
      verb
      (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
      (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
      To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
      (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
      (transitive, figurative) To experience.
      To take sparingly.
      (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.
      adjective
      (Internet slang) Deliberate misspelling of tasty. [Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.]
      Roots
      taxaretaste- · Latin · to touch, feel, handle
      Synonyms for taste
      savorvsaporflavornmouthfulnsapiditynpreferencentasternsmellndiscernmentnaroman
      Words related to taste
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