perceive by the sense of taste: "Can you taste the garlic?"
have a distinctive or characteristic taste: "This tastes of nutmeg"
distinguish flavors: "We tasted wines last night"
experience briefly: "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
noun
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"
a strong liking: "my own preference is for good literature"
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values): "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"
a brief experience of something: "he got a taste of life on the wild side"
a small amount eaten or drunk: "take a taste--you'll like it"
the faculty of taste: "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
a kind of sensing: distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
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