to taste
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1.0
- verb
- /teɪst/
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saber
- When I took a bite of the cake, I could taste the rich chocolate flavor melting in my mouth.
- tastes good
- tastes bad
- smell and taste
Doesn't look great, doesn't taste great, not for me.
- Doesn't look great, doesn't taste great, not for me.
- Instead of tasting like dirt, it tastes like a crayon.
- They're big and soft and they taste great, but they're crushing me.
- His black tongue shoved into her mouth, tasting of foul meat.
- So now does it does it really taste like a a green apple?
- Josh, is that why you said this Turkey tastes like God's love?
Examples
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I did, however, experience hunger and how amazingly good even plain food tastes when you are that hungry.
Academic text (2007) -
It's gelled olive oil that tastes really, really good.
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We see things, we hear things, we touch things, we taste things.
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You know, it really does taste like bacon.
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These don't look special, but they taste really special.
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It tastes better than it sounds!
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Doesn't look great, doesn't taste great, not for me.
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All signs are that the biotech tomatoes look, smell, and taste like other fresh-picked tomatoes.
Academic text (1996) -
She likes to taste different spices to see which ones she enjoys the most.
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As I savored the dish, I could taste the fresh herbs that made it so delicious.
Synonyms
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8.1
To seem to have a strong bad quality such as unfairness
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3.9
To give food a certain taste with spices or herbs
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A cell on the tongue that senses chemicals in food and sends signals to nerves
- Specialized
Ability to notice and understand flavors in the mouth from food and drink
How Noticeable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taste comes from an old word tastare meaning 'to touch' or 'to try', so when something 'tastes' sweet it is giving a flavor your mouth can notice.