Definition of Taste

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Definition of Taste

Taste

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.

To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.

To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.

To take sparingly.

To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.

The act of tasting; gustation.

A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.

The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.

Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.

The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.

Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.

A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

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Taste Quotations

Taste cannot be controlled by law.
Thomas Jefferson

Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.
Groucho Marx

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare

The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just because you liked something as a youngster doesn't mean you have to like it as an adult. You can change your taste a little bit on the sweets and things like that.
Mike Ditka

I do like beer, but lately I've started drinking non-alcoholic beer and I like the taste of it and I don't get the alcohol, so that's a good alternative also.
Mike Ditka

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
Gilda Radner

I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.
Gilda Radner

Most turkeys taste better the day after, my mother's tasted better the day before.
Rita Rudner

Taste Translations

taste in Afrikaans is smaak, proe
taste in Danish is smag, smage
taste in Dutch is smaken
taste in Finnish is maku
taste in German is kosten
taste in Italian is costare, gustare
taste in Norwegian is smak
taste in Portuguese is gosto
taste in Spanish is gusto, coste, saborear
taste in Swedish is smaka, smak, avsmaka

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