vi to take sparingly.
2. taste ·noun the act of tasting; gustation.
3. taste ·noun essay; trial; experience; experiment.
4. taste ·noun a kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
5. taste ·vt to try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
6. taste ·vt to try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
7. taste ·noun a small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
8. taste ·vt to partake of; to participate in;
usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
9. taste ·noun intellectual relish; liking; fondness;
formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
10. taste ·vi to have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
11. taste ·vi 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.
12. taste ·vt to become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
13. taste ·vt 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.
14. taste ·noun 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.
15. taste ·noun 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.
xvi. taste ·vi 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.
xvii. taste ·noun 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.
xviii. taste ·noun 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.