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taste
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- pronunciation:
- teIst
- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
tastes, tasting, tasted |
| definition 1: |
When you taste something, you find out its flavor by putting it in your mouth or on your tongue.
My mom always tastes the spaghetti sauce while she's making it. Sometimes she adds more salt or more spices.I tasted Matt's ice cream. His flavor was strawberry. It was good, but I liked mine better.- similar words:
- bite, chew, eat, sense
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| definition 2: |
If you can taste, your tongue can sense the flavor of things. You can tell if it's sweet or salty or sour, for example.
When you are very sick, you sometimes lose your ability to taste.- similar words:
- eat
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| definition 3: |
When something tastes a certain way, it gives you a certain kind of flavor in your mouth. Candy, for example, tastes sweet. It gives you a flavor like sugar in your mouth.
Water in the ocean tastes very salty.Lemon juice tastes sour. |
| related words: |
lick |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Taste is one of the senses, like seeing or touching, that people use to learn about what is around them. Taste is the sense that tells us the flavor of things like foods and medicines. Just as we use our ears for hearing and our eyes to see, we use our tongue for taste.
The doctor said Megan might notice a change in her sense of taste while she has the flu. |
| definition 2: |
When you have a taste of something, you find out what its flavor is and what it is like. A taste is the action or experience of tasting.
Both of the cooks had a taste of the soup and neither one was happy.The baby took a taste of the carrots, and then she made a very funny face.- similar words:
- assignment, bite
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| definition 3: |
A taste is a type of flavor, or the particular flavor of something. If you don't like the taste of something, you usually don't want to eat it.
Sweetness is a taste that most children enjoy.These candies have an orange taste to them.I don't like the taste of some spices. |
| definition 4: |
When someone has a taste for something, they like it even though a lot of other people might not like it.
Some people have a taste for adventure, and other people just like to do ordinary things.- synonyms:
- appetite, hunger, thirst
- antonyms:
- dislike
- similar words:
- weakness
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| definition 5: |
Your taste in clothes is the way that you like them. Most people choose clothes according to their taste. Some people like bright colors, tight pants, and big hats. That is because of the taste they have. Other people like dark colors, loose and comfortable pants, and small caps. They have a different taste. People have taste in many types of things, such as taste in music, art, furniture, and food.
My mom and dad have pretty much the same taste in music, and they like to listen to it together.Ms. Kim's taste in furniture is very different from her mother's. Her mother's taste is very traditional, and Ms. Kim likes everything modern. |
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If someone says you have taste, they mean that you have the ability to tell the difference between what is beautiful or excellent and what is not, what is delicious and what is not, what goes together well or doesn't, and other things like this. If someone say you have taste, they are saying that you make good choices among things like this.
My aunt always says my mom has a beautiful house because my mom has taste. She says my mom knows how to choose lovely things that go together well.- synonyms:
- culture
- similar words:
- fineness, polish, style
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| definition 7: |
If something is in bad taste or shows bad taste, it means that it is not considered polite or appropriate.
Mr. Cobb's joke showed very bad taste when it was such a sad occasion.- synonyms:
- manners
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| related words: |
fancy, lick, love |
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