tasting Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a small amount (especially of food or wine)
   
2. noun a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
   taste.
   
   • a wine tasting
3. noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
   degustation; savoring; relishing; savouring.
   
   • cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most
4. verb have flavor; taste of something
   taste; savor; savour.
   
5. verb perceive by the sense of taste
   taste.
   
   • Can you taste the garlic?
6. verb take a sample of
   sample; try; taste; try out.
   
   • Try these new crackers
   • Sample the regional dishes
7. verb have a distinctive or characteristic taste
   taste; smack.
   
   • This tastes of nutmeg
8. verb distinguish flavors
   taste.
   
   • We tasted wines last night
9. verb experience briefly
   taste.
   
   • The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died

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