taste

/teɪst/

noun

1
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
“He had a strange taste in his mouth.”
2
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
“His taste was impaired by an illness.”
3
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
“Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.”
5
Personal preference; liking; predilection.
“I have developed a taste for fine wine.”
6
A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
7
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

1
To sample the flavor of something orally.
2
To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
“The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.”
3
To experience.
“I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.”
4
To take sparingly.
5
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
6
To try by the touch; to handle.

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