taste

v. check flavor by eating; attempt, try

n. sense of taste, perception of flavor; sense, reason

This article refers to the sensory system. For the social and aesthetic aspects of taste, consult taste (sociology). For other uses, see taste (disambiguation).Taste (or more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the sense of taste partners with the less direct sense of smell, in the brain's perception of flavor. Classical taste sensations include sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. More recently, psychophysicists and neuroscientists have suggested other taste categories (umami and fatty acid taste most prominently.)
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Taste 1. the sense effected by the gustatory receptors in the tongue. Four qualities are distinguished: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. 2. [more]Taste - Community and Resources

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
(hypernym) sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
(hyponym) relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang
2. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
(synonym) preference, penchant, predilection
(hypernym) liking
(hyponym) acquired taste
3. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
(synonym) appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hypernym) discrimination, secernment
(hyponym) virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
(attribute) tasteful, in good taste(p)
4. a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
(hypernym) experience
5. a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
(synonym) mouthful
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) morsel, bit, bite
(part-holonym) helping, portion, serving
(derivation) sample, try, try out
6. the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
(synonym) gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
(hypernym) modality, sense modality, sensory system
7. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
(synonym) tasting
(hypernym) sensing, perception
Verb
1. have flavor; taste of something
(synonym) savor, savour
(hyponym) smack
(derivation) tasting
2. take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
(synonym) sample, try, try out
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) degust
(derivation) mouthful
3. perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
4. have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"
(synonym) smack
(hypernym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
5. distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night"
(hypernym) identify
(derivation) tasting
6. experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
(hypernym) know, experience, live

n. key, button on a keyboard

v. feel, examine by touching, grope, find one's way by feeling with the hands, touch or feel someone's body, press