Taste meaning in English

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Definition

to taste: to eat, to savor; to have a flavor; to sample, to try, to test verb
-You should taste my cookies. -I've tried them before, they're delicious.
These cookies taste good. They have a really nice flavor.
(a) tasty (cake): (a) delicious (cake), (a cake) with a good flavor adjective
The adjective tasty refers to the flavor or taste of food or drink. In English, a person who dresses well and has a good sense of style is tasteful.
Hmmm... this is a tasty burger! Possibly the best I've ever tried.
a taste: a flavor, a savor noun

UK: You should have tasted my cookies.
US: These cookies have a strange taste.

Examples

  • "As for your sexist comments, I am willing to consider them as jokes made in poor taste in the heat of the moment."
  • "I do not have expensive tastes, you know."
  • "The endless supply of foot massages has not gone unnoticed, and the sparkling water you bring to me tastes as fresh as a polar bear's paddling pool."
  • "The clams are also tasty."
  • "Hannah : Oh Philip, that's terrible – what bad taste!"
  • "Combining exotic Amazonian fruits with the gentle touch of aloe, TigerLily possesses a light, feminine, and fruity scent sure to please women of the most discerning tastes."
  • "It isn't just wine lovers who are left with an unpleasant taste in the mouth: environmentalists claim that the falling demand for cork is leading to large-scale deforestation."
  • "Dr. Gilchrist : I can't wait to taste them."
  • "You open your mouth real wide, and I see if I can hit it with one of these tasty little chocolates."
  • "I can't wait to taste them."
  • "I can't remember the names of many of the wines or grapes that we tasted, but I can remember that they were very nice, and that there were lots of them."
  • "Harold : Sure, but this coffee tastes awful."
  • "These monkeys for testing, not for tasting!"
  • "You must taste something very special... Tonton Hubert's famous foie gras!"
  • "Horatio : And let me just confirm something by tasting."
  • "Very tasty."
  • "Wine woman : Shall we begin tasting?"
  • "Eating locally, when possible, certainly has advantages both in terms of environmental impact and taste."

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