What is the meaning of taste?

noun

• The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.
  • usage: "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
  • synonyms: taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
• A strong liking.
  • usage: "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
  • synonyms: preference, penchant, predilection
• Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values. )
  • usage: "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
  • synonyms: appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
• A brief experience of something.
  • usage: "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
• A small amount eaten or drunk.
  • usage: "take a taste-you'll like it"
  • synonyms: mouthful
• The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth.
  • usage: "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
  • synonyms: gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
• A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds.
  • usage: "a wine tasting"
  • synonyms: tasting

verb

• Have flavor; taste of something.
  • synonyms: savor, savour
• Perceive by the sense of taste.
  • usage: "Can you taste the garlic"
• Take a sample of.
  • usage: "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
  • synonyms: sample, try, try out
• Have a distinctive or characteristic taste.
  • usage: "This tastes of nutmeg"
  • synonyms: smack
• Distinguish flavors.
  • usage: "We tasted wines last night"
• Experience briefly.
  • usage: "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"