26984 words

taste

15 definitions • 24 examples
1
the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize different flavours:

Examples:

taste of I love the taste of garlic.
acquired taste Olives are usually an acquired taste (= you only like them after you have become familiar with their taste).
sense of taste When you have a cold you often lose your sense of taste.
2
the fact of liking or enjoying something:

Examples:

She came home from Europe with a taste for art and the finer things in life.
3
a small amount of food:

Examples:

Have a taste of the sauce and tell me if it needs salt.
4
a person's approval of and liking for particular things:

Examples:

I'm not really into new cars - old vintage cars are more to my taste (= what I like).
5
a person's ability to judge and recognize what is good or suitable, especially relating to such matters as art, style, beauty, and behaviour:

Examples:

have good/terrible/etc. taste He has terrible taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.
taste in His taste in clothes leaves a little to be desired.
6
the things a person likes:

Examples:

have expensive tastes I have expensive tastes (= I like expensive things) so I need to have a well-paid job.
7
a short experience of something:

Examples:

have a taste of I had a taste of office work during the summer and that was enough.
8
to put food or drink in your mouth to find out what flavour it has:

Examples:

Taste this sauce and tell me if it needs seasoning.
What is this? I've never tasted anything like it.
9
to have a particular flavour:

Examples:

10
to experience something for a short time:

Examples:

Once you've tasted luxury it's very hard to settle for anything else.
11
a flavor and feeling produced by food or drink in your mouth that tells you what it is and lets you appreciate it, or the ability to have this feeling:

Examples:

[ U ] Sugar has a sweet taste and lemons have a sour taste.
[ U ] I’ve lost my taste for (= stopped enjoying the taste of) spicy foods.
12
A taste is also a small amount:

Examples:

[ C usually sing ] Have a taste of this sauce and tell me if it’s too salty.
[ C usually sing ] fig. I had a taste of (= I briefly experienced) factory work last summer, and I didn’t like it at all.
13
a person’s ability to judge and appreciate what is good and suitable, esp. in art, beauty, style, and behavior:

Examples:

[ U ] Barbara has good/poor taste in clothes.
14
Taste is also a person’s liking for or appreciation of something:

Examples:

[ C ] My son and I have very different tastes in music.
15
to have a particular flavor:

Examples:

[ L ] Coffee always tastes good in the morning.
[ I always + adv/prep ] This tastes as if/as though/like it has pepper in it.
[ T ] I hope you can taste the garlic.
[ T ] Taste (= try a little of) this and tell me if you like it.

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