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1. 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";
   - taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
    
2. A strong liking
   - preference, penchant, predilection, cup of tea [informal]
    
3. 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";
   - appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
    
4. A brief experience of something
   "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
    
5. A small amount eaten or drunk
   "take a taste--you'll like it";
   - mouthful
    
6. The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
   "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste";
   - gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
    
7. A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
   "a wine taste";
   - tasting

1. Have flavour; have a taste of something
   - savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Perceive by the sense of taste
   "Can you taste the garlic?"
    
3. Take a sample of
   "taste the regional dishes";
   - sample, try, try out
    
4. Have a distinctive or characteristic taste
   "This tastes of nutmeg";
   - smack
    
5. Distinguish flavours
   "We tasted wines last night"
    
6. Experience briefly
   "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"

Derived forms: tasted, tastes, tasting

See also: tasteful, tasteless, tasty [US, informal]

Type of: aesthesis, comprehend, consume, discrimination, esthesis [US], experience, exteroception, have, identify, ingest, know, liking, live, modality, perceive, perception, secernment, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sense modality, sensing, sensory system, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, take, take in

Part of: helping, portion, serving

Encyclopedia: Taste