| tasting | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. tasting | a small amount (especially of food or wine). |
| ~ finish | (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed).; "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish" |
| ~ sample | a small part of something intended as representative of the whole. |
| n. (act) | 2. taste, tasting | a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds.; "a wine tasting" |
| ~ sensing, perception | becoming aware of something via the senses. |
| n. (act) | 3. degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| taste | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation | 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"; "the melon had a delicious taste" |
| ~ aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.; "a sensation of touch" |
| ~ sapidity, savor, savour, flavor, smack, flavour, nip, relish, tang | the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ sugariness, sweetness, sweet | the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. |
| ~ sourness, tartness, sour | the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ bitter, bitterness | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ salinity, saltiness, salt | the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ astringence, astringency | a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker. |
| ~ finish | (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed).; "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish" |
| ~ flatness | a deficiency in flavor.; "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils" |
| ~ mellowness | a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. penchant, predilection, preference, taste | a strong liking.; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ acquired taste | a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience.; "martinis are an acquired taste" |
| ~ weakness | a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you.; "he has a weakness for chocolate" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values).; "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
| ~ discrimination, secernment | the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished. |
| ~ connoisseurship, vertu, virtu | love of or taste for fine objects of art. |
| ~ vogue, style, trend | the popular taste at a given time.; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" |
| ~ delicacy, discretion | refined taste; tact. |
| ~ culture | the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group. |
| n. (event) | 4. taste | a brief experience of something.; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence" |
| ~ experience | an event as apprehended.; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
| n. (food) | 5. mouthful, taste | a small amount eaten or drunk.; "take a taste--you'll like it" |
| ~ helping, serving, portion | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" |
| ~ bite, morsel, bit | a small amount of solid food; a mouthful.; "all they had left was a bit of bread" |
| ~ sup, swallow | a small amount of liquid food.; "a sup of ale" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste | the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth.; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste" |
| ~ sense modality, sensory system, modality | a particular sense. |
| ~ exteroception | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body. |
| v. (perception) | 7. savor, savour, taste | have flavor; taste of something. |
| ~ smack, taste | have a distinctive or characteristic taste.; "This tastes of nutmeg" |
| v. (perception) | 8. taste | perceive by the sense of taste.; "Can you taste the garlic?" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ savor, savour | taste appreciatively.; "savor the soup" |
| v. (consumption) | 9. sample, taste, try, try out | take a sample of.; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ degust | taste with relish.; "degust this wonderful soup" |
| v. (perception) | 10. smack, taste | have a distinctive or characteristic taste.; "This tastes of nutmeg" |
| ~ savour, taste, savor | have flavor; taste of something. |
| v. (perception) | 11. taste | distinguish flavors.; "We tasted wines last night" |
| ~ identify | consider to be equal or the same.; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" |
| ~ taste | perceive by the sense of taste.; "Can you taste the garlic?" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" |
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