Taste | Mean of taste in English Dictionary

/ˈteɪst/

• Noun
• the sweet, sour, bitter, or salty quality of a thing that you can sense when it is in your mouth
1. The wine had a slightly bitter taste.
2. She likes the taste of apples and cinnamon.
3. I detected a strong taste of ginger in the sauce.
4. The experience left a bad taste in my mouth. [=the experience made me feel bad, disgusted, etc.]
• the ability to notice or recognize flavors when you eat or drink
1. The food was very pleasing to the taste. [=the food tasted very good]
2. The illness affected her sense of taste.
• a small amount of food or drink that you have in order to see how it tastes
1. May I have a taste of your ice cream?

• something (such as a brief experience) that gives you some knowledge about what something is like
1. It was her first taste of success.
2. That first storm was just a taste of things to come. [=that storm was followed by many other storms]
• the feelings that each person has about what is appealing, attractive, etc.
1. He has no/little taste for gossip. [=he does not like gossip]
2. The movie was not to their taste. [=they did not like the movie]
3. The movie is intended to appeal to popular taste. [=to be liked by many or most people]
4. Whether you like the music or not is purely a matter of taste. [=a matter of opinion]
5. She has developed/acquired a taste for Italian wine.
6. Different people have different tastes.
7. They have expensive tastes. [=they like expensive things]
8. The store has something to suit all tastes.
9. The music is too loud for my taste. [=the music is louder than I prefer it to be]
• the ability to choose what is appealing, attractive, appropriate, or enjoyable
1. She is a person of taste.
2. The way he dresses shows that he has no taste.
3. She has good/poor taste in music.
4. The room was decorated with taste. [=the room was tastefully decorated]
• in an amount that results in the taste that you want
1. Salt the stew to taste.
• Verb
• to have a particular taste
1. This milk tastes sour.
2. The pie tasted too sweet.
3. The wine tastes like vinegar.
4. This sauce tastes good/bad.
5. a sweet-tasting fruit
6. The salad tastes of garlic.
• to sense the flavor of (something that you are eating or drinking)
1. She said there was garlic in the sauce, but I couldn't really taste it.
2. Have you ever tasted anything so delicious?
• to put a small amount of (food or drink) in your mouth in order to find out what its flavor is
1. I tasted the tea and put more sugar in it.
2. She offered to taste the wine.
3. He tasted the tea to see if it was sweet enough.
• to experience (something)
1. She talked about the day when she first tasted the joy of flying.
2. He has tasted the frustration of defeat.
3. The team has yet to taste victory/defeat.