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.

the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"

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"

delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"

a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"