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(1):

(v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

(2):

(n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

(3):

(n.) The act of tasting; gustation.

(4):

(n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.

(5):

(n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

(6):

(n.) 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.

(7):

(n.) 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.

(8):

(n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; - formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.

(9):

(n.) 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.

(10):

(n.) 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.

(11):

(v. i.) 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):

(v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.

(13):

(v. i.) To take sparingly.

(14):

(v. i.) 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.

(15):

(v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; - usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

(16):

(v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.

(17):

(v. t.) 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.

(18):

(v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Taste'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/taste.html. 1828.
 
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