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English noun: taste | |||
| 1. | taste (cognition) the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus | ||
| Samples | The candy left him with a bad taste. The melon had a delicious taste. | ||
| Synonyms | gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste perception, taste sensation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | astringence, astringency, bitter, bitterness, finish, flatness, flavor, flavour, mellowness, nip, relish, salinity, salt, saltiness, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, sour, sourness, sugariness, sweet, sweetness, tang, tartness | ||
| 2. | taste (feeling) a strong liking | ||
| Samples | My own preference is for good literature. The Irish have a penchant for blarney. | ||
| Synonyms | penchant, predilection, preference | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acquired taste, weakness | ||
| 3. | taste (cognition) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) | ||
| Samples | 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 (hypernym) | discrimination, secernment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | connoisseurship, culture, delicacy, discretion, style, trend, vertu, virtu, vogue | ||
| Attribute | tasteful, tasteless | ||
| 4. | taste (event) a brief experience of something | ||
| Samples | He got a taste of life on the wild side. She enjoyed her brief taste of independence. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience | ||
| 5. | taste (food) a small amount eaten or drunk | ||
| Samples | Take a taste--you'll like it. | ||
| Synonyms | mouthful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bit, bite, morsel, sup, swallow | ||
| Part meronym | helping, portion, serving | ||
| 6. | taste (cognition) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | ||
| Samples | His cold deprived him of his sense of taste. | ||
| Synonyms | gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exteroception, modality, sense modality, sensory system | ||
| 7. | taste (act) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds | ||
| Samples | A wine tasting. | ||
| Synonyms | tasting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | perception, sensing | ||
English verb: taste | |||
| 1. | taste (perception) have flavor; taste of something | ||
| Examples | The food does taste good | ||
| Synonyms | savor, savour | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s Adjective/Noun | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | smack, taste | ||
| 2. | taste (perception) perceive by the sense of taste | ||
| Samples | Can you taste the garlic?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | savor, savour | ||
| 3. | taste (consumption) take a sample of | ||
| Samples | Try these new crackers. Sample the regional dishes. | ||
| Examples | They taste more bread | ||
| Synonyms | sample, try, try out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | degust | ||
| 4. | taste (perception) have a distinctive or characteristic taste | ||
| Samples | This tastes of nutmeg. | ||
| Synonyms | smack | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | savor, savour, taste | ||
| 5. | taste (perception) distinguish flavors | ||
| Samples | We tasted wines last night. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | identify | ||
| Entail | taste | ||
| 6. | taste (cognition) experience briefly | ||
| Samples | The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, know, live | ||
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