Taste

  • 31taste — {{11}}taste (n.) c.1300, act of tasting, from O.Fr. tast (Mod.Fr. tát), from taster (see TASTE (Cf. taste) (v.)). Meaning faculty or sense by which flavor of a thing is discerned is attested from late 14c. Meaning savor, sapidity, flavor is from… …

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  • 32Taste — Verschiedene Taster, für die Montage auf Leiterplatten. Eine Taste oder ein Taster (ital. Tasto, lat. Clavis) ist ein Bedienelement, welches durch Drücken betätigt wird und danach in die Ausgangslage zurückkehrt. Hierfür wird meist eine… …

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  • 33taste — 01. My Mexican friends tell me that British food [tastes] really bland. 02. Would you like a [taste] of my cheesecake? It s delicious. 03. This vegetable sauté is quite [tasty]. Is that ginger you put in it? 04. This spaghetti [tastes] just like… …

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  • 34taste — 1. noun 1) a distinctive sharp taste Syn: flavor, savor, relish, tang, smack 2) he was dying for a taste of brandy Syn: mouthful, drop, bit, sip, nip, swallow, touch …

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  • 35taste*/*/*/ — [teɪst] noun I 1) [C/U] the flavour that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink it I love the taste of chocolate.[/ex] 2) [U] the ability to judge whether something is good or bad in things such as art, fashion, and social… …

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  • 36taste — [[t]teɪst[/t]] v. tast•ed, tast•ing, n. 1) phl to test the flavor or quality of by taking some into the mouth 2) to eat or drink a little of 3) to eat or drink: He hadn t tasted food for three days[/ex] 4) phl to perceive or distinguish the… …

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  • 37Taste — Taster; Knopf; Schalter * * * Tas|te [ tastə], die; , n: 1. Teil an Musikinstrumenten, der beim Spielen mit einem Finger niedergedrückt wird, um einen bestimmten Ton zu erzeugen: eine Taste anschlagen; er setzt sich ans Klavier und greift in die… …

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  • 38taste — 1. noun 1) a distinctive sharp taste Syn: flavour, savour, relish, tang, smack 2) a taste of brandy Syn: mouthful, drop, bit, sip, nip, touch …

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  • 39taste — [c]/teɪst / (say tayst) verb (tasted, tasting) –verb (t) 1. to try the flavour or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth: to taste food. 2. to eat or drink a little of: he hadn t tasted food for three days. 3. to perceive or… …

  • 40taste — I. verb (tasted; tasting) Etymology: Middle English, to touch, test, taste, from Anglo French taster, from Vulgar Latin *taxitare, frequentative of Latin taxare to touch, feel more at tax Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to become acquainted …

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