Definition von taste

Häufigkeit

taste

(teɪst )

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense tastes , present participle tasting , past tense, past participle tasted

1. unzählbares Substantiv

Taste is one of the five senses that people have. When you have food or drink in your mouth, your sense of taste makes it possible for you to recognize what it is.

...a keen sense of taste.

2. zählbares Substantiv

The taste of something is the individual quality which it has when you put it in your mouth and which distinguishes it from other things. For example, something may have a sweet, bitter, sour, or salty taste.

I like the taste of fast food too much to give it up. [+ of]

The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit.

Nettles are surprisingly good–much like spinach but with a sweetish taste.

3. Singular

If you have a taste of some food or drink, you try a small amount of it in order to see what the flavour is like.

Let them have a taste of cold food but I prefer mine hot. [+ of]

4. Verb [no cont]

If food or drink tastes of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it.

I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel. [V of/like n]

It tastes like chocolate. [V + of/like]

The pizza tastes delicious without any cheese at all. [VERB adjective]

5. Verb

If you taste some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavour, for example to see if you like it or not.

We tasted the water just to see how salty it was. [VERB noun]

Before proceeding any further, cut off a small bit of the meat and taste it. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:sample, try, test, relish Weitere Synonyme von taste

6. Verb [no passive]

If you can taste something that you are eating or drinking, you are aware of its flavour.

You can taste the chilli in the dish but it is a little sweet. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:distinguish, perceive, discern, differentiate Weitere Synonyme von taste

7. Singular

If you have a taste of a particular way of life or activity, you have a brief experience of it.

But having had a taste of the big time, he won't want to go back to playing in the reserves.

This voyage was his first taste of freedom. [+ of]

Synonyme:experience, contact with, exposure to, impression Weitere Synonyme von taste

8. Verb [no passive]

If you taste something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time.

Anyone who has tasted this life wants it to carry on for as long as possible. [VERB noun]

9. Singular

If you have a taste for something, you have a liking or preference for it.

She developed a taste for journeys to isolated hazardous regions in North America.

That gave me a taste for reading. [+ for]

Synonyme:liking, preference, penchant, fondness Weitere Synonyme von taste

10. unzählbares Substantiv

A person's taste is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example their clothes, possessions, or music. If you say that someone has good taste, you mean that you approve of their choices. If you say that they have poor taste, you disapprove of their choices.

His taste in clothes is extremely good. [+ in]

Oxford's social circle was far too liberal for her taste.

...a large family with different tastes and preferences.

How could so many people have such bad taste in music?

11.

in bad/good/etc taste

12.

to taste

Weitere Synonyme von taste

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Häufigkeit

taste in American

(teɪst ; tāst)

Verb transitivWortformen:ˈtasted or ˈtasting

1. Obsolete

to test by touching

to test the flavor of by putting a little in one's mouth

to detect or distinguish the flavor of by the sense of taste

to taste sage in a dressing

to eat or drink, esp. a small amount of

to receive the sensation of, as for the first time; experience; have

to have tasted freedom at last

6. Archaic

to appreciate; like

Verb intransitiv

to discern or recognize flavors by the sense of taste; have the sense of taste

to eat or drink a small amount (of)

to have the specific taste or flavor

sometimes with of

the milk tastes sour; the salad tastes of garlic

10.

to have a sensation, limited experience, or anticipating sense (of something)

Substantiv

11. Obsolete

a test; trial

the act of tasting

12.

that one of the five senses that is stimulated by contact of a substance with the taste buds and is capable of distinguishing basically among sweet, sour, salt, and bitter: the flavor of any specific substance is usually recognized by its combined taste, smell, and texture

13.

the quality of a thing that is perceived through the sense of taste; flavor; savor

14.

a small amount put into the mouth to test the flavor

15.

the distinguishing flavor of a substance

a chocolate taste

16.

a slight experience of something; sample

to get a taste of another's anger

17.

a small amount; bit; trace

18.

the ability to notice, appreciate, and judge what is beautiful, appropriate, or harmonious, or what is excellent in art, music, decoration, clothing, etc.

a specific preference; predilection

a taste for red ties

an attitude or a style reflecting such ability or preferences on the part of a group of people of a particular time and place

19.

a liking; inclination; bent

to have no taste for business

Redewendungen:

in (good, poor, etc.) taste

to one's taste

Wortherkunft von taste

ME tasten < OFr taster, to handle, touch, taste < VL *tastare, prob. < *taxitare, freq. of L taxare, to feel, touch sharply, judge of, freq. of tangere: see tact

Häufigkeit

taste in British

(teɪst )

Substantiv

the sense by which the qualities and flavour of a substance are distinguished by the taste buds

the sensation experienced by means of the taste buds

the act of tasting

a small amount eaten, drunk, or tried on the tongue

a brief experience of something

a taste of the whip

a preference or liking for something; inclination

to have a taste for danger

the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters; discrimination

to have taste

judgment of aesthetic or social matters according to a generally accepted standard

bad taste

discretion; delicacy

that remark lacks taste

10. obsolete

the act of testing

Verb

11.

to distinguish the taste of (a substance) by means of the taste buds

12. (usually tr)

to take a small amount of (a food, liquid, etc) into the mouth, esp in order to test the quality

to taste the wine

13. (often foll by of)

to have a specific flavour or taste

the tea tastes of soap

this apple tastes sour

14. (when intr, usually foll by of)

to have an experience of (something)

to taste success

15. (transitive) an archaic word for enjoy

16. (transitive) obsolete

to test by touching

Abgeleitete Formen

tasteable (ˈtasteable) or tastable (ˈtastable)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von taste

C13: from Old French taster, ultimately from Latin taxāre to appraise

Häufigkeit

taste in Hospitality

(teɪst)

Wortformen:(present) tastes, (past) tasted, (perfect) tasted, (progressive) tasting

Verb

(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, cooking)

If you taste some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavor, for example, to see if you like it or not.

Taste the food as you cook it and adjust the flavorings if necessary.

Invite the customer to taste the wine before you pour it.

Taste the soup before you add any more salt.

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