taste
v. check flavor by eating; attempt, try n. sense of taste, perception of flavor; sense, reason | ||||
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Taste Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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taste
1. (primarily MIT) The quality of a program that tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks, and kluges it contains. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the creator. See also elegant, flavour.
2. Alternative spelling of "tayste".
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1. (primarily MIT) The quality of a program that tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks, and kluges it contains. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the creator. See also elegant, flavour.
2. Alternative spelling of "tayste".
[Jargon File]
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taste
[primarily MIT] n. 1. The quality in a program that tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks, and kluges programmed into it. Also `tasty', `tasteful', `tastefulness'. "This feature comes in N tasty flavors." Although `tasty' and `flavorful' are essentially synonyms, `taste' and flavor are not. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the creator; a program or feature can exhibit taste but cannot have taste. On the other hand, a feature can have flavor. Also, flavor has the additional meaning of `kind' or `variety' not shared by `taste'. The marked sense of flavor is more popular than `taste', though both are widely used. See also elegant. 2. Alt. sp. of tayste.
[primarily MIT] n. 1. The quality in a program that tends to be inversely proportional to the number of features, hacks, and kluges programmed into it. Also `tasty', `tasteful', `tastefulness'. "This feature comes in N tasty flavors." Although `tasty' and `flavorful' are essentially synonyms, `taste' and flavor are not. Taste refers to sound judgment on the part of the creator; a program or feature can exhibit taste but cannot have taste. On the other hand, a feature can have flavor. Also, flavor has the additional meaning of `kind' or `variety' not shared by `taste'. The marked sense of flavor is more popular than `taste', though both are widely used. See also elegant. 2. Alt. sp. of tayste.
Taste Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Taste
(n.)
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
(n.)
A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
(n.)
A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
(n.)
Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
(n.)
Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
(n.)
Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
(n.)
The act of tasting; gustation.
(n.)
The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
(n.)
The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
(v. i.)
To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
(v. i.)
To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
(v. i.)
To take sparingly.
(v. i.)
To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
(v. t.)
To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
(v. t.)
To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
(v. t.)
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
(v. t.)
To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
(v. t.)
To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
(n.)
A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
(n.)
A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
(n.)
A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
(n.)
Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
(n.)
Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
(n.)
Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
(n.)
The act of tasting; gustation.
(n.)
The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
(n.)
The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
(v. i.)
To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.
(v. i.)
To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
(v. i.)
To take sparingly.
(v. i.)
To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
(v. t.)
To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
(v. t.)
To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
(v. t.)
To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
(v. t.)
To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.
(v. t.)
To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
| WordNet 2.0 |
taste
Noun
1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
(synonym) taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
(hypernym) sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
(hyponym) relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang
2. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
(synonym) preference, penchant, predilection
(hypernym) liking
(hyponym) acquired taste
3. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
(synonym) appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hypernym) discrimination, secernment
(hyponym) virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
(attribute) tasteful, in good taste(p)
4. a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
(hypernym) experience
5. a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
(synonym) mouthful
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) morsel, bit, bite
(part-holonym) helping, portion, serving
(derivation) sample, try, try out
6. the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
(synonym) gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
(hypernym) modality, sense modality, sensory system
7. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
(synonym) tasting
(hypernym) sensing, perception
Verb
1. have flavor; taste of something
(synonym) savor, savour
(hyponym) smack
(derivation) tasting
2. take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
(synonym) sample, try, try out
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) degust
(derivation) mouthful
3. perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
4. have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"
(synonym) smack
(hypernym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
5. distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night"
(hypernym) identify
(derivation) tasting
6. experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
(hypernym) know, experience, live
Noun
1. the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
(synonym) taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
(hypernym) sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
(hyponym) relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang
2. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
(synonym) preference, penchant, predilection
(hypernym) liking
(hyponym) acquired taste
3. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"
(synonym) appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hypernym) discrimination, secernment
(hyponym) virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
(attribute) tasteful, in good taste(p)
4. a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"
(hypernym) experience
5. a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
(synonym) mouthful
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
(hyponym) morsel, bit, bite
(part-holonym) helping, portion, serving
(derivation) sample, try, try out
6. the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
(synonym) gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality
(hypernym) modality, sense modality, sensory system
7. a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
(synonym) tasting
(hypernym) sensing, perception
Verb
1. have flavor; taste of something
(synonym) savor, savour
(hyponym) smack
(derivation) tasting
2. take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
(synonym) sample, try, try out
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) degust
(derivation) mouthful
3. perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
4. have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"
(synonym) smack
(hypernym) savor, savour
(derivation) tasting
5. distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night"
(hypernym) identify
(derivation) tasting
6. experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"
(hypernym) know, experience, live
| The Phrase Finder |
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
Origin
From Shakespeare's As You Like It.
Origin
From Shakespeare's As You Like It.
| Shakespeare Words |
TASTE
to try
to try
| Anagram |
taste
state
state
| hEnglish - advanced version |
taste
taste
\taste\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. tasted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tasting.] [oe. tasten to feel, to taste, of. taster, f. tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) ll. taxitare, fr. l. taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. see tax, v. t.]
1. to try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [obs.] taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
2. to try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. also used figuratively. when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine. ii. 9. when commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.
3. to try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. i tasted a little of this honey. xiv. 29.
4. to become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. he should taste death for every man. ii. 9.
5. to partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. thou wilt taste no pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.
taste
\taste\, v. i. 1. to try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
2. to have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic. yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason shall to the king taste of this action.
3. to take sparingly. for age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
4. to have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty. the valiant never taste of death but once.
taste
\taste\, n. 1. the act of tasting; gustation.
2. a particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
3. (physiol.) the one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
note: taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter with the terminal organs (connected with branches of the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the papill? on the surface of the tongue. the base of the tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter substances, the point to sweet and acid substances.
4. intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study. i have no taste of popular applause.
5. the power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
6. manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
7. essay; trial; experience; experiment.
8. a small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
9. a kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
taste
\taste\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. tasted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tasting.] [oe. tasten to feel, to taste, of. taster, f. tater to feel, to try by the touch, to try, to taste, (assumed) ll. taxitare, fr. l. taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. see tax, v. t.]
1. to try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [obs.] taste it well and stone thou shalt it find.
2. to try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. also used figuratively. when the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine. ii. 9. when commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse.
3. to try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. i tasted a little of this honey. xiv. 29.
4. to become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. he should taste death for every man. ii. 9.
5. to partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. thou wilt taste no pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary.
taste
\taste\, v. i. 1. to try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.
2. to have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic. yea, every idle, nice, and wanton reason shall to the king taste of this action.
3. to take sparingly. for age but tastes of pleasures, youth devours.
4. to have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty. the valiant never taste of death but once.
taste
\taste\, n. 1. the act of tasting; gustation.
2. a particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.
3. (physiol.) the one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.
note: taste depends mainly on the contact of soluble matter with the terminal organs (connected with branches of the glossopharyngeal and other nerves) in the papill? on the surface of the tongue. the base of the tongue is considered most sensitive to bitter substances, the point to sweet and acid substances.
4. intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study. i have no taste of popular applause.
5. the power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.
6. manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.
7. essay; trial; experience; experiment.
8. a small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
9. a kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
taste
n., blas, tástáil
I taste (a thing): blaisim de rud
n., blas, tástáil
I taste (a thing): blaisim de rud
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Adbrofi
Adbrofi = v. to taste again
Adbrofi = v. to taste again
Adflas
Adflas = n. insipidity of taste
Archwaeth
Archwaeth = n. savour, taste
Awen
Awen = n. genious; fancy; taste
Blas
Blas = n. taste, savour, relish
Blasaidd
Blasaidd = a. having some taste
Blasu
Blasu = v. to taste; to relish
Chwaeth
Chwaeth = n. savour, taste
Dadflasu
Dadflasu = v. to divest of taste
Echweg
Echweg = a. luscious to the taste
Gochwaeth
Gochwaeth = n. a slight taste
Profi
Profi = v. to prove; to taste
Sawyr
Sawyr = n. savour, taste; odour
Taste Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Taste
Taste The fourth sense in order of development, corresponding to the element water or apas. See also SENSES
Taste The fourth sense in order of development, corresponding to the element water or apas. See also SENSES
Taste Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Taste
zahvan, zahv-tor
zahvan, zahv-tor
| English - Klingon |
taste
v. mum
v. waH - try out food
v. mum
v. waH - try out food
| Phobia |
Geumaphobia
Fear of taste
Fear of taste
Taste Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Health Information |
Taste
sensation produced by a stimulus applied to the gustatory nerve endings in the tongue. The four tastes are salt, sour, sweet, and bitter. Some scientists indicate the existence of a fifth taste, described as savory.
sensation produced by a stimulus applied to the gustatory nerve endings in the tongue. The four tastes are salt, sour, sweet, and bitter. Some scientists indicate the existence of a fifth taste, described as savory.
Taste Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Taste
This article refers to the sensory system. For the social and aesthetic aspects of taste, consult taste (sociology). For other uses, see taste (disambiguation).
Taste (or more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the sense of taste partners with the less direct sense of smell, in the brain's perception of flavor. Classical taste sensations include sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. More recently, psychophysicists and neuroscientists have suggested other taste categories (umami and fatty acid taste most prominently.)
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