Definitions of taste
British English : taste A person's taste is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example, their clothes, possessions, or music. NOUNHis taste in clothes is extremely good.choice
noun
- 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
- (obsolete ) the act of testing
verb
- to distinguish the taste of (a substance) by means of the taste buds
- (usually transitive) to take a small amount of (a food, liquid, etc) into the mouth, esp in order to test the quality ⇒ to taste the wine
- (often followed by of) to have a specific flavour or taste ⇒ the tea tastes of soap , this apple tastes sour
- when intr, usually foll by of to have an experience of (something) ⇒ to taste success
- (transitive) an archaic word for enjoy
- (transitive) (obsolete ) to test by touching