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Definition: Meaning of, taste in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / teɪst /

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taste tastes
  1. food [uncountable and countable] the feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth [=  flavour]
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  2. food [uncountable] the sense by which you know one food from another
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  3. food have a taste (of something) if you have a taste of some food or drink, you put a small amount in your mouth to try it
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  4. what you like [uncountable and countable] the kind of things that someone likes
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  5. judgment [uncountable] someone's judgment when they choose clothes, decorations etc
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  6. what is acceptable/not offensive [uncountable] the quality of being acceptable and not offensive
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  7. experience [usually singular] a short experience of something that shows you what it is like
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  8. feeling [singular] the feeling that you have after an experience, especially a bad experience
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  9. ... to taste if you add salt, spices etc to taste, you add as much as you think makes it taste right - used in instructions in cook books
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
taste tasted tasted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
tasting tastes
  1. [linking verb] to have a particular kind of taste
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  2. [transitive not in progressive] to experience or recognize the taste of food or drink
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  3. [transitive] to eat or drink a small amount of something to see what it is like
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  4. taste success/freedom/victory etc to have a short experience of something that you want more of
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taste used in phrases

  • acquired taste (noun)
    1. a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience
  • change taste (verb)
    1. alter the flavour of
  • in good taste (adjective)
    1. satisfying generally accepted social or aesthetic standards
  • sense of taste (noun)
    1. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
  • taste bud (noun)
    1. one of the small parts of the surface of your tongue with which you can taste things
  • taste cell (noun)
    1. an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
  • taste perception (noun)
    1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
  • taste property (noun)
    1. a property appreciated via the sense of taste
  • taste sensation (noun)
    1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
  • taste-maker (noun)
    1. someone who popularizes a new fashion
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