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taste
1 countable/uncountable the flavour that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink itI love the taste of chocolate. This peach has a sweeter taste than that one. Our cheeses are very different in texture and taste. Add salt to taste (=until you like the taste). Synonyms and related words
Taste, flavour and consistency 1a singular a small amount of food or drink that you eat or drink in order to see what flavour it hasHave a taste of this wine. Synonyms and related words
Amounts and pieces of food a stick of butter/margarine batch bed 1b uncountable your mouth’s ability to notice the flavour of different foods and drinksThe illness can produce a loss of smell and taste. sense of taste: She doesn’t have a very strong sense of taste. Synonyms and related words
To taste or smell something
2 uncountable the ability to judge if something is good or bad in things like art, fashion, and social behaviourThey all admired her taste. Money cannot make up for bad taste and bad manners. in good/bad/poor taste: His joke about her divorce was in the worst possible taste. Synonyms and related words
Intelligence, intuition and ability to understand intelligence intuition intellect 3 countable/uncountable the types of thing that you like, for example in art, music, or clothesOur tastes and interests are so different. The meals are designed to accommodate all tastes. I don’t have expensive tastes (=I don’t like expensive things). The films appeal to popular taste (=what most people like). taste in: The girls share his taste in music. have a taste for something: Even at a young age he had a taste for books. an acquired taste (=something that you must have many times before you start to like it): Strong black coffee is an acquired taste. Synonyms and related words
Feelings of liking someone or something
Verbs frequently used with taste as the object ▪ acquire, develop, get, have, indulge, share
4 singular a short experience of something that you are not used totaste of: After 16 years in prison, it was their first taste of freedom. Enjoy a taste of Italy with writer Valentina Harris. Synonyms and related words
General words for situations and circumstances situation circumstance conditions 5 singular mainly literarythe feeling that is created by an experienceI still remember the taste of fear from skydiving. the sweet taste of revenge Synonyms and related words
General words for moods and emotions 6 leave a sour taste (in somebody’s mouth)used to say that somebody has an unpleasant memory of an experienceHe felt his son had been treated badly and it left a sour taste in his mouth. Submitted by:
Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 27/07/2018
a bad/nasty/unpleasant taste in your mouth taste
1 countable/uncountable the flavor that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink itI love the taste of chocolate. This peach has a sweeter taste than that one. Our cheeses are very different in texture and taste. Add salt to taste (=until you like the taste). Synonyms and related words
Taste, flavor and consistency 1a singular a small amount of food or drink that you eat or drink in order to see what flavor it hasHave a taste of this wine. Synonyms and related words
Amounts and pieces of food a stick of butter/margarine batch bed 1b uncountable your mouth’s ability to notice the flavor of different foods and drinksThe illness can produce a loss of smell and taste. sense of taste: She doesn’t have a very strong sense of taste. Synonyms and related words
To taste or smell something
2 uncountable the ability to judge if something is good or bad in things like art, fashion, and social behaviorThey all admired her taste. Money cannot make up for bad taste and bad manners. in good/bad/poor taste: His joke about her divorce was in the worst possible taste. Synonyms and related words
Intelligence, intuition and ability to understand intelligence intuition intellect 3 countable/uncountable the types of thing that you like, for example in art, music, or clothesOur tastes and interests are so different. The meals are designed to accommodate all tastes. I don’t have expensive tastes (=I don’t like expensive things). The movies appeal to popular taste (=what most people like). taste in: The girls share his taste in music. have a taste for something: Even at a young age he had a taste for books. an acquired taste (=something that you must have many times before you start to like it): Strong black coffee is an acquired taste. Synonyms and related words
Feelings of liking someone or something
Verbs frequently used with taste as the object ▪ acquire, develop, get, have, indulge, share
4 singular a short experience of something that you are not used totaste of: After 16 years in prison, it was their first taste of freedom. Enjoy a taste of Italy with writer Valentina Harris. Synonyms and related words
General words for situations and circumstances situation circumstance conditions 5 singular mainly literarythe feeling that is created by an experiencethe sweet taste of revenge Synonyms and related words
General words for moods and emotions 6 leave a sour taste (in somebody’s mouth)used to say that somebody has an unpleasant memory of an experienceHe felt his son had been treated badly and it left a sour taste in his mouth. Submitted by:
Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 27/07/2018
a bad/nasty/unpleasant taste in your mouth taste
1 linking verb to have a particular flavour. Food can taste sweet like sugar, salty like salt, sour like a lemon, or bitter like strong black coffeetaste good/bad/salty/sweet/delicious/awful etc: Although the meal was cold, it tasted delicious. The fish tasted just as good as it looked. taste like: This lemonade tastes more like water. They taste a bit like chicken. taste of: These biscuits don’t taste of ginger. Synonyms and related words 2 transitive to eat or drink something and to experience its flavourI’ve never tasted figs, but I’ve heard they’re very nice. The dinner was one of the best meals I have ever tasted. Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to eat Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to drink 2a to put a small amount of something in your mouth to see what type of flavour it hasVisitors will be able to taste different types of wines. I’ve tasted the milk and it’s definitely off. Synonyms and related words
To taste or smell something
3 transitive to experience something for a short timetaste success/failure/victory: It is 13 years since they last tasted victory. Synonyms and related words
To experience something experience undergo encounter 4 transitive mainly literaryto realize what someone else is feeling or thinkingYou could taste the fear in the room. Synonyms and related words
taste
1 linking verb to have a particular flavor. Food can taste sweet like sugar, salty like salt, sour like a lemon, or bitter like strong black coffeetaste good/bad/salty/sweet/delicious/awful etc.: Although the meal was cold, it tasted delicious. The fish tasted just as good as it looked. taste like: This lemonade tastes more like water. They taste a little like chicken. taste of: These cookies don’t taste of ginger. Synonyms and related words 2 transitive to eat or drink something and to experience its flavorI’ve never tasted figs, but I’ve heard they’re very good. The dinner was one of the best meals I have ever tasted. Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to eat Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to drink 2a to put a small amount of something in your mouth to see what kind of flavor it hasVisitors will be able to taste different types of wines. I’ve tasted the milk and it’s definitely sour. Synonyms and related words
To taste or smell something
3 transitive to experience something for a short timetaste success/failure/victory: It’s been 13 years since they last tasted victory. Synonyms and related words
To experience something experience undergo encounter 4 transitive mainly literaryto realize what someone else is feeling or thinkingYou could taste the fear in the room. Synonyms and related words
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