Definition: a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
Usage: a wine tasting
Similar words: sensing, perception
Definition: becoming aware of something via the senses
Synonyms: gustation, gustatory modality, taste, sense of taste
Definition: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
Usage: his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Similar words: sense modality, sensory system, modality
Definition: a particular sense
Similar words: exteroception
Definition: sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Synonyms: taste, taste perception, taste sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation
Definition: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
Usage: the candy left him with a bad taste; the melon had a delicious taste
Similar words: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, aesthesis
Definition: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Usage: a sensation of touch
Synonyms: taste, perceptiveness, discernment, appreciation
Definition: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Usage: arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success; to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Similar words: secernment, discrimination
Definition: the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
Synonyms: taste
Definition: a brief experience of something
Usage: he got a taste of life on the wild side; she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
Similar words: experience
Definition: an event as apprehended
Usage: a surprising experience; that painful experience certainly got our attention
Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste, penchant
Definition: a strong liking
Usage: my own preference is for good literature; the Irish have a penchant for blarney
Similar words: liking
Definition: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
Usage: I've always had a liking for reading; she developed a liking for gin
Definition: a small amount eaten or drunk
Usage: take a taste--you'll like it
Similar words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Definition: an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
Synonyms: taste
Definition: experience briefly
Usage: The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
Similar words: know, live, experience
Definition: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Usage: I know the feeling!; have you ever known hunger?; I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict; The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare; I lived through two divorces
Synonyms: try, try out, taste, sample
Definition: take a sample of
Usage: Try these new crackers; Sample the regional dishes
Similar words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Definition: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Usage: Have another bowl of chicken soup!; I don't take sugar in my coffee
Synonyms: taste
Definition: perceive by the sense of taste
Usage: Can you taste the garlic?
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: taste
Definition: distinguish flavors
Usage: We tasted wines last night
Similar words: identify
Definition: consider to be equal or the same
Usage: He identified his brother as one of the fugitives
Definition: have a distinctive or characteristic taste
Usage: This tastes of nutmeg