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| NOUN | 1 | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus |
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| 2 | taste, preference, penchant, predilection | A strong liking | |
| 3 | taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness | Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) | |
| 4 | taste | A brief experience of something | |
| 5 | taste, mouthful | A small amount eaten or drunk | |
| 6 | taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality | The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | |
| 7 | taste, tasting | A kind of sensing | |
| VERB | 1 | taste, savor, savour | Have flavor |
| 2 | taste, sample, try, try out | Take a sample of | |
| 3 | taste | Perceive by the sense of taste | |
| 4 | taste, smack | Have a distinctive or characteristic taste | |
| 5 | taste | Distinguish flavors | |
| 6 | taste | Experience briefly |
| Sounds | tey'st |
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| Rhymes | aftertaste, based, braced, and 23 more rhymes in eyst... |
| Meaning | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. |
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| Examples | "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" |
| Synonyms | taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception |
| Broader | sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum |
| Narrower | relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang; sweet, sweetness, sugariness; sour, sourness, tartness; bitter, bitterness; salt, saltiness, salinity; astringency, astringence; finish; flatness; mellowness |
| Adjectives | gustatory, gustative, gustatorial |
| Verbs | taste; taste; taste; taste |
| Meaning | A strong liking. |
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| Synonyms | preference, penchant, predilection |
| Broader | liking |
| Narrower | acquired taste; weakness |
| Meaning | Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). |
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| Examples | "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
| Synonyms | appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness |
| Broader | discrimination, secernment |
| Narrower | virtu, vertu, connoisseurship; vogue, trend, style; delicacy, discretion; culture |
| Attributes | tasteful; tasteless |
| Meaning | A brief experience of something. |
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| Examples | "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence" |
| Broader | experience |
| Verbs | taste |
| Meaning | A small amount eaten or drunk. |
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| Examples | "take a taste--you'll like it" |
| Synonyms | mouthful |
| Part of | helping, portion, serving |
| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
| Narrower | morsel, bit, bite; swallow, sup |
| Verbs | taste |
| Meaning | The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth. |
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| Examples | "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste" |
| Synonyms | gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality |
| Broader | modality, sense modality, sensory system; exteroception |
| Adjectives | tasty |
| Verbs | taste; taste; taste; taste |
| Meaning | A kind of sensing. Distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. |
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| Synonyms | tasting |
| Broader | sensing, perception |
| Verbs | taste; taste; taste; taste |
| Meaning | Have flavor. Taste of something. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun |
| Model | The food does taste good |
| Synonyms | savor, savour |
| Caused by | season, flavor, flavour |
| Narrower | smack, taste |
| Nouns | taste; taste; taste |
| Meaning | Take a sample of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They taste more bread |
| Synonyms | sample, try, try out |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| Narrower | degust |
| Nouns | taster; tasting; taste; tasting |
| Meaning | Perceive by the sense of taste. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Can you taste the garlic?" |
| Broader | perceive, comprehend |
| Narrower | savor, savour |
| Entailed by | taste |
| Nouns | taste, tasting; taste; taste |
| Meaning | Have a distinctive or characteristic taste. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This tastes of nutmeg" |
| Synonyms | smack |
| Broader | taste, savor, savour |
| Nouns | taste, tasting; taste; taste |
| Meaning | Distinguish flavors. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "We tasted wines last night" |
| Broader | identify |
| Entails | taste |
| Nouns | taste; taste; taster; taste |
| Meaning | Experience briefly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| Broader | know, experience, live |
| Nouns | taste |
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