taste

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /teɪst/

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Noun

Singular taste

Plural tastes

1. (uncountable) Taste is the sense linked to the tongue, usually when eating food. The taste is how people can enjoy their food.

   The main tastes are sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

   Wow, these chicken wings taste really good, I want some more!.

2. (countable & uncountable) Someone's taste, is the kind of food, books, clothing, etc. that they like.

   She has great taste in clothes, but I don't understand her taste in men.

Verb

Plain form taste

Third-person singular tastes

Past tense tasted

Past participle tasted

Present participle tasting

1. (intransitive) The way something tastes is the sense you get when you put it in your mouth.

   This milk tastes strange. I think it's bad.

   This meat tastes like chicken. What is it?

2. (transitive) If you taste something, you put it in your mouth to see if you like it.

   Here, taste this soup and tell me if it needs more salt.

Related words

• tasteable
• tasteful
• tastefulness
• tasteless
• tastebud