Taste
/teɪst/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Taste
noun
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
"He had a strange taste in his mouth."
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
"His taste was impaired by an illness."
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
"Dr. Parker has good taste in wine."
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
"I have developed a taste for fine wine."
verb
- To sample the flavor of something orally.
- To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
"The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic."
- To experience.
"I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise."
- To take sparingly.
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
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