1. taste - Noun
2. taste - Verb
To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.
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.
To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.
To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.
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.
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.
To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.
The act of tasting; gustation.
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.
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.
Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.
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.
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.
Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is only next to God that we can find true and eternal joy. We taste bitter poison when we live apart from sweet Jesus. Paisios of Mount Athos
If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble, he will not receive a reward for his labor. Recompense is given, not for labor, but for humility. Isaac the Syrian
I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, which is the Flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David, and for drink I desire His Blood, which is love incorruptible. Ignatius of Antioch
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once. English Proverb
A different man, a different taste. Greek Proverb
Can the monkey know the taste of ginger? Hindi Proverb