noun
a small amount (especially of food or wine)
noun
a kind of sensing
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- distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- a wine tasting
noun
taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
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- cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
verb
have flavor
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- taste of something
verb
perceive by the sense of taste
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- Can you taste the garlic?
verb
take a sample of
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- Try these new crackers
- Sample the regional dishes
verb
have a distinctive or characteristic taste
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- This tastes of nutmeg
verb
distinguish flavors
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- We tasted wines last night
verb
experience briefly
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- The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died