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1.nounOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation."He had a strange taste in his mouth."
2.nounThe sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation."His taste was impaired by an illness."
3.nounA small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
4.nounA person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc."Dr. Parker has good taste in wine."
5.nounPersonal preference; liking; predilection."I have developed a taste for fine wine."
6.nounA small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
7.nounA kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
8.verbTo sample the flavor of something orally.
9.verbTo have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished."The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic."
10.verbTo experience."I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise."
11.verbTo take sparingly.
12.verbTo try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
13.verbTo try by the touch; to handle.