" taste "

[Verb]  | "taste" | \ ˈtāst \

1: to ascertain the flavor of by taking a little into the mouth

2: to eat or drink especially in small quantities

3: to perceive or recognize as if by the sense of taste

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, to touch, test, taste, from Anglo-French taster, from Vulgar Latin *taxitare, frequentative of Latin taxare to touch, feel {mat|tax:2|};

[Noun]  | "taste" 

1: the special sense that perceives and distinguishes the sweet, sour, bitter, salty, or umami quality of a dissolved substance and is mediated by taste buds on the tongue

2: the objective sweet, sour, bitter, salty, or umami quality of a dissolved substance as perceived by the sense of taste

3: a sensation obtained from a substance in the mouth that is typically produced by the stimulation of the sense of taste combined with those of touch and smell : flavor

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "taste bud" 

1: an end organ mediating the sensation of taste and lying chiefly in the epithelium of the tongue

Origin: 1879 ;

[Noun]  | "acquired taste" 

1: something or someone that is not easily or immediately liked or appreciated

Origin: circa 1792 ;

[Idiom]  | "taste blood" 

1: to experience pleasure as a result of defeating an opponent

[Idiom]  | "taste of things to come" 

1: something (such as a brief experience) that is the first of similar things to follow

[Idiom]  | "for someone's taste" 

1: in the opinion of someone based on that person's feelings about what is appealing, attractive, etc.

[Idiom]  | "in good taste" 

1: proper and acceptable

[Idiom]  | "in (very) bad/poor taste" 

1: rude or insulting : offensive

[Noun phrase]  | "a matter of taste" 

1: —used to say that something is based on taste

[Noun]  | "taste" 

[Verb]  | "taste"