(v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
(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 eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
(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. 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. 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 take sparingly.
(v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake;
as, to taste of nature's bounty.
(n.) The act of tasting; gustation.
(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.) 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.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of,
now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
(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.
(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.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
(n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted
of eaten; a bit.
(n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
