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savour1 verbsavour2 noun savoursa‧vour1 British English, savor American English /ˈseɪvə $ -ər/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsavour (BrE) |
Present | I, you, we, they | savour (BrE) | | he, she, it | savours (BrE) | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | savoured (BrE) | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have savoured (BrE) | | he, she, it | has savoured (BrE) | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had savoured (BrE) | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will savour | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have savoured (BrE) |
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Present | I | am savouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | is savouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | are savouring (BrE) | Past | I, he, she, it | was savouring (BrE) | | you, we, they | were savouring (BrE) | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been savouring (BrE) | | he, she, it | has been savouring (BrE) | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been savouring (BrE) | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be savouring (BrE) | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been savouring (BrE) |
- After all, this was an important moment, a time to savour.
- And on Saturday, in the rain at Newmarket, Jeremy Glover savoured it to the full.
- It is hard to savour the feelings opposition defenders experience when confronted by Hateley's presence.
- It was a day to remember, to savour.
- It was a moment to be savoured, when danger was past and I was wholly at peace.
- Keegan is desperate to stay after savouring his first taste in management by keeping United in the Second Division.
- This was truly paradise; it had to be savoured as we knew it short lived.
- Victory tomorrow would be a sweet first to savour, crushing any doubts among City's sometimes cynical following.
► savour the moment (=enjoy the moment)· He seemed to savour every moment of their conversation. NOUN► moment· As he moved towards the two men, Harry savoured the moments of secret observation that preceded their awareness of his presence.· Mortimer paused to savour the moment - this was what soldiery was all about, he thought.· Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment.· Thwarted, I walk on and barely have time to savour the moment before bumping into Joe.· Slowly, savouring the moment, Harry opened the letter he knew was from Madeleine.· For a moment he hesitated, savouring the moment, then centred the metal spike and pushed.· There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.· It would seem positively perverse to savour moments like that and feel them as they are. VERB► want· I wanted to savour the differences this area had to offer.· There's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment.· She wanted to savour, to prolong, her anticipation.· She wanted to savour it for a moment. 1to fully enjoy the taste or smell of something: She sipped her wine, savouring every drop.2to fully enjoy a time or experience: She savoured her few hours of freedom. He hesitated, savouring the moment.savour of something phrasal verb formal to seem to involve something bad or to have some of a bad quality: We must avoid anything that savours of corruption.savour1 verbsavour2 noun savoursavour2 British English, savor American English noun [singular, uncountable] formal - About everything he writes hangs a faint savour of calculation.
- His towering, blank-eyed presence at the head of the table drew the savour from the good food she cooked.
- The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour, and gain in price.
► Odoursair freshener, nounbittersweet, adjectivebody odour, nounbody spray, nounbouquet, nounfetid, adjectivefoul, adjectivefragrance, nounfragrant, adjectivefrankincense, nounfunk, nounheavy, adjectiveincense, nounminty, adjectivemusk, nounmusty, adjectiveodoriferous, adjectiveodorous, adjectiveodour, nounodourless, adjectiveolfactory, adjectiveperfume, nounperfume, verbredolent, adjectivereek, verbrich, adjectivesavour, nounscent, nounsweet, adjectivewhiff, noun ► lost its savour Life seemed to have lost its savour for him. ► savour the moment (=enjoy the moment)· He seemed to savour every moment of their conversation. VERB► lose· The truffles of Provence never taste so exquisite in London as here; they lose their savour, and gain in price. 1a pleasant taste or smell: the sweet savour of wood smoke2interest and enjoyment: Life seemed to have lost its savour for him. |