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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 taste | |
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 at the HyperDic website... |
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 |
Narrower | relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang; sweet, sweetness, sugariness; sour, sourness, tartness; bitter, bitterness; salt, saltiness, salinity; astringency, astringence; finish |
Broader | sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum |
Adjectives | gustatory, gustative, gustatorial |
Verbs | taste; taste; taste; taste |
Meaning | A strong liking. |
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Synonyms | preference, penchant, predilection |
Narrower | acquired taste; weakness |
Broader | liking |
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 |
Attributes | tasteful, in good taste; tasteless, in poor taste |
Narrower | virtu, vertu, connoisseurship; vogue, trend, style; delicacy, discretion; culture |
Broader | discrimination, secernment |
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 |
Narrower | morsel, bit, bite; swallow, sup |
Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount |
Verbs | taste |
Meaning | The faculty of taste. |
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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 |
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 |
Narrower | degust |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
Nouns | tasting; taster; 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?" |
Entailed by | taste |
Narrower | savor, savour |
Broader | perceive, comprehend |
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" |
Entails | taste |
Broader | identify |
Nouns | taster; taste; taste; 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 |