(~s, tasting, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Taste is one of the five senses that people have. When you have food or drink in your mouth, your sense of ~ makes it possible for you to recognize what it is.
...a keen sense of ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
The ~ of something is the individual quality which it has when you put it in your mouth and which distinguishes it from other things. For example, something may have a sweet, bitter, sour, or salty ~.
I like the ~ of wine and enjoy trying different kinds...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If you have a ~ of some food or drink, you try a small amount of it in order to see what the flavour is like.
We have a ~ of the white wine he’s brought.
N-SING
4.
If food or drink ~s of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it.
It ~s like chocolate...
The pizza ~s delicious without any cheese at all.
VERB: no cont, V of/like n, V adj
5.
If you ~ some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavour, for example to see if you like it or not.
He finished his aperitif and ~d the wine the waiter had produced...
VERB: V n
6.
If you can ~ something that you are eating or drinking, you are aware of its flavour.
You can ~ the chilli in the dish but it is a little sweet.
VERB: no passive, V n
7.
If you have a ~ of a particular way of life or activity, you have a brief experience of it.
This voyage was his first ~ of freedom.
N-SING: N of n
8.
If you ~ something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time.
Anyone who has ~d this life wants it to carry on for as long as possible.
VERB: no passive, V n
9.
If you have a ~ for something, you have a liking or preference for it.
That gave me a ~ for reading.
N-SING: N for n/-ing
10.
A person’s ~ is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example their clothes, possessions, or music. If you say that someone has good ~, you mean that you approve of their choices. If you say that they have poor ~, you disapprove of their choices.
His ~ in clothes is extremely good...
Oxford’s social circle was far too liberal for her ~.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
11.
If you say that something that is said or done is in bad ~ or in poor ~, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good ~, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation.
He rejects the idea that his film is in bad ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
12.
When a recipe tells you to add a particular spice or other flavouring to ~, it means that you can add as much of that ingredient as you like.
Add tomato paste, salt and pepper to ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v